A separate bill would cover the cost of pre-K programs for all 4-year-olds in Louisiana.
Author Archives: Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams stays on top of the city's loosely organized collection of public schools, with a special emphasis on charter schools. In 2011 she was recognized by the Press Club of New Orleans for her reporting on charter school transparency and governance. In 2012, she was part of a team that received a National Edward R. Murrow Award for their work following a New Orleans family's recovery after Hurricane Katrina. She graduated from Edna Karr Secondary School in Algiers, and she obtained her bachelor
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Live blog: Lusher holds lotteries to select students for 2014-15 school year
Selections for middle and high school will be made Wednesday; lower school picks will be made Friday.
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Live blog Saturday: Warren Easton holds lottery for next school year
It begins at 11 a.m.; check here if you can’t make it in person.
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Live blog Friday: Lake Forest Elementary holds lottery for next school year
It starts about 4 p.m. on Friday; follow along here if you can’t make it in person.
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Auditors question $14,500 in credit card spending at Sophie B. Wright
The school principal says documentation has been found for all but $1,600 in charges.
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No-interest loan from MLK Charter eases Craig Charter back to $200,000 surplus
Comment cards arrayed at board meeting, but no one comes forward and meeting is adjourned without inviting public comment.
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All in the family: Bus exec slapped with $5,000 fine for contract from his sister
Former Miller-McCoy principal canceled a bus contract, then awarded it to her brother without authorization.
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Live blog Thursday: Hammond’s holds forum on school bus safety
The meeting starts at 6 p.m.
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Third-grader struck by passing car after getting off school bus
It happened the day after Shaud Wilson was killed by a car as he ran across the street to his bus stop.
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Federal trustee: Operation REACH has filed misleading documents in bankruptcy court
The nonprofit could be forced to sell its buildings to pay off its debts.