School officials expect the FDA to approve the COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-old children in coming weeks.
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Dryades YMCA seeks to dismiss lawsuit it filed against NOLA-PS last summer
The group runs Singleton Charter School and was granted a restraining order that prevented the district from closing the school over the summer.
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New Orleans expects 2022 revenues to nearly reach pre-pandemic levels
A key indicator of the city’s financial health — recurring general fund revenue — in 2022 is expected to be within three percent of 2019 levels.
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Behind The Lens episode 147: The case-to-quarantine ratio
School quarantines underreported due to data error. Cantrell’s plan for tens of millions in federal COVID relief. And an update in the case of Brandon Jackson.
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OPSB supports expanded options for English Learners to earn diplomas
The resolution was introduced by J.C. Romero, who grew up in a non-English speaking household in New Orleans.
Posted inCriminal Justice
‘In other words, nothing has been accomplished today’: No decision on new trial in Bossier split-jury case
Brandon Jackson was convicted of armed robbery by a 10-2 jury in 1997. Split verdicts are no longer legal. But his conviction, and those for hundreds more, is still considered valid.
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David Waggonner on New Orleans and the way forward after Ida
An interview with architect David Waggoner, by Marin Pedersen.
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Neighborhoods Watched: A discussion with the reporters
Reporters Michael Isaac Stein and Caroline Sinders talk about their five-part series on surveillance in New Orleans.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Neighborhoods Watched: The Rise of Urban Mass Surveillance
New Orleans has spent millions to expand its police surveillance powers. But without formal oversight or regulation, citizens have largely been left in the dark about what tools and techniques the city is using to spy on them.
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School district officials update board on COVID-19 vaccine for younger students, charter renewal
The board also introduced a new anti-retaliation policy to protect parents and school staff.