New Beginnings network board adds a new member
Bus transportation routes for coming school year also discussed.
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- Della Hasselle, a freelance journalist and producer, reports environmental and criminal justice stories for The Lens. A graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Hasselle lived in New York for 10 years. While up north, she produced and anchored news segments, wrote feature stories and reported breaking news for DNAinfo.com, a hyperlocal news site. Before that, she worked at the New York Daily News. She obtained her master
Easton board looking for ways to send nine students to youth farm
School said it doesn't have funds for urban farm in City Park, but now it's looking at alternatives.
Live blog: RTA may hear proposal on ferry operations at Thursday’s meeting
The Advocate reports that RTA could charge $2 per passenger to ride the Algiers ferry.
Years of political inaction preceded latest cutbacks in Algiers ferry service
It was no secret to politicians: No one had a long-term plan to keep the New Orleans area ferries operating if they lost their main source of revenue from the Crescent City Connection tolls. But few leaders made an efforts to address the problem, and those who tried were rebuffed. Looking back, very few overarching planning documents even mentioned the ferries. So the cutbacks are of little surprise.
John McDonogh cuts more than $327,000 in teacher pay as students flunk summer school
Only 11 percent of students in McDonogh summer school pass U.S. History; 29 percent pass English II. New principal for 9th graders added at cost of $115,000.
State won’t release execution methods even though judge rejected concerns
Corrections Department gave procedures to death-row inmates, but denies request from The Lens.
Charter school association has nearly four-hour retreat for Lycée board members
Members are reminded that it's the students that are important to their jobs
Warren Easton charter board meets with parents in executive sessions over ‘student issues’
Pay raises proposed for several school administrators under new budget
Union leaders meet with Morris Jeff school’s governance committee for first time
Board also discusses staggering terms of its members to keep several terms from expiring at the same time
Committee searching for Lycée CEO interviews second candidate
Candidate field narrowed down to two candidates in search for school's interim CEO
