The district is considering revoking Kennedy’s charter contract.
Kennedy HS has not provided school district required information on grade-fixing, transcript errors, according to warning letter
New program for expelled middle school students opens in New Orleans next month
The charter group that runs The NET alternative high schools will open a therapeutic program for seventh and eighth grade students who’ve been expelled.
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School district warns Coghill, refers board member reimbursements to Orleans DA and state auditor
The district also has concerns over Coghill’s use of federal education funding.
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Help The Lens report on credit recovery in New Orleans high schools
The Lens wants to learn more about credit recovery at other New Orleans high schools. Did you experience any problems with credits when graduating? Did you use course recovery and credit remediation programs in high school?
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Week in Review: New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools
New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools
On a typically hot July 1 in south Louisiana, when many students and educators are enjoying long holiday vacations, New Orleans has quietly become the first major American city without any traditional schools. The Orleans Parish school district has teetered on the edge of an all-charter district for years.
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State report: Kennedy HS misused credit recovery program, special education services were inadequate
State finds that students were allowed to use remediation software — intended for makeup work after failing a course — to take classes for the first time, appearing to corroborate allegations in a recently filed lawsuit.
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Kennedy High parent sues school over graduation problems
Lawyer says she’s pursuing class action on behalf of all 92 students who belatedly found out they were ineligible to graduate.
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New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools
As McDonogh 35 Senior High School is taken over by a charter management organization, the city’s schools are now all charters.
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Week in Review: Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School
Louisiana’s four other potential abortion restrictions that were eclipsed by the ‘six-week ban’ and a New Orleans charter school forgot to administer the social studies state exam
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Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School, announces citywide audit of high school student records
“Due to the careless and reckless actions of the adults you trusted at JFK, you should be celebrating your senior graduation this month, but instead, you have been forced to question the certainty of your future,” Lewis said at Thursday’s OPSB meeting.