The Lens (https://thelensnola.org/author/jessica-rosgaard/)
KIPP New Orleans will take over the charter for John F. Kennedy High School after this year, Kira Orange Jones survives an election eligibility challenge in her campaign for BESE, and a new interpretation of the comprehensive zoning ordinance could impact outdoor music at local venues.
Louisiana has a record number of women running for statewide elected office, more bad news for John F. Kennedy High School regarding a student receiving special education services, The Sewerage and Water Board needs a $25 million loan for sewer repairs.
The New Orleans City Council tightens restrictions on short term rentals, a judge denies emergency transcripts for students caught in the John F. Kennedy High School record keeping debacle, and a proposed Entergy plant will actually cost three times than originally estimated.
ICE detention centers in Louisiana offer limited access to translation services which are integral for asylum seekers to successfully navigate the immigration process, seek legal counsel, and acquire medical assistance.
A conflict of interest surfaces in light of a new study on short term rentals, a local parent discovers that New Orleans’ charter schools aren’t legally required to offer special education programming, and a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture takes a holistic approach to farming.
Will Louisiana, beholden as it is to Big Oil and the chemical industry, ever get serious about cleaning up Death Alley?
Budget gaps in New Orleans won’t be fixed by the “fair share” infrastructure deal, and another school puts administrators on leave over alleged grade inflation.
A lawsuit is filed over secret meetings about proposed chemical plant in St. James Parish, a short term rental tax begins making it’s way through the New Orleans City Council, and more fallout from the graduation scandal at John F. Kennedy High School.
We have to change the laws, legal systems, and enforcement practices that have allowed these same issues, and this same treatment of our cultural community, to perpetuate.
A conversation on emergency preparedness as New Orleans waits for Tropical Storm Barry, Entergy’s efforts to lower carbon emissions, and a new approach to give expelled students the tools to return to their regular classroom
