For months, officials have described the planned merger between West Bank rivals O. Perry Walker and L.B. Landry high schools as a “unification.” The new school could have an ecumenical new name: “Landry Walker High School,” planners said. Graduating seniors from the class of 2014 could choose Landry rings or Walker rings. And together students from both […]
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Heather Miller is a freelance writer and a regular contributor to The Lens' Charter School Reporting Corps. She is a former staff writer for The Independent in Lafayette, and is now based in New Orleans.
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RSD: Landry and its F grade will dissolve in merger with Walker
For months, officials have described the planned merger between West Bank rivals O. Perry Walker and L.B. Landry high schools as a “unification.” The new school could have an ecumenical new name: “Landry Walker High School,” planners said. Graduating seniors from the class of 2014 could choose Landry rings or Walker rings. And together students […]
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Group unveils Walker-Landry merger plan details
A committee tasked with crafting the fall 2013 merger of two Algiers neighborhood high schools faced heated opposition from both school communities again Saturday during a public forum held to lay out a unification plan for O. Perry Walker and L.B. Landry high schools. Saturday’s forum at Behrman Elementary School was one of several community […]
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IHS board delays executive session regarding personnel
The International High School governing board deferred plans to meet behind closed doors after a reporter objected to the executive session listed on the board’s Nov. 28 meeting agenda. Public school boards are bound by state law to conduct all business in a public meeting, save for specified exceptions that allow public bodies to meet […]
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Board says RSD will recommend against charter renewal
The Ben Mays Preparatory Board of Directors is seeking pro-bono legal advice in its fight to keep the neighborhood school open beyond the end of the school year. The Recovery School District will recommend not renewing the school’s charter due to consistently low school performance scores, board members said during the Nov. 27 monthly board […]