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Author: Karen Dalton Beninato

Scrapping Paris accord puts world on skids to become Louisiana

June 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019
Trump to planet earth: Get ready to get flooded

Jacobs lobbies Ben Franklin board about merits of OneApp system

January 22, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Board members for Benjamin Franklin High School don’t appear to be racing to join OneApp, the new centralized student application system that allows parents to apply to multiple charter schools by filling out one form.

Students’ food and shelter among Lagniappe board concerns

January 17, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
With nearly all of its 130 students qualifying for the federally funded free and reduced price lunch program, Lagniappe Academies this year entered into a contract with Revolution Food to provide fresh foods and whole grains to a population of children that often go without.

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