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Posted inCharter Schools, Schools

Lusher holds budget and enrollment projection steady, as board reviews year ahead

The board of directors of Advocates for Arts Based Education Corporation, the charter management organization that runs Lusher, began at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 and lasted for an hour in room 207. Topics  included  the school’s budget, the re-election of current board members and officers and funding updates. Present were board members Blaine LeCesne, Rachel […]

Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics

Censorship of inmate mail at Orleans Prison alleged in civil rights lawsuit against Gusman

By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Orleans Parish Prison inmates can receive bodice rippers and The Times-Picayune by mail, but not serious novels or a periodical on prisoner rights, according to civil-rights attorneys who have filed a suit against Sheriff Marlin Gusman alleging censorship. Civil rights attorney Mary Howell, her colleague Elizabeth Cumming, […]