The warning letter, an elevation from a previous and less serious warning that was not posted publicly, says the school must complete a review of all special education files by early next year.
Author Archives: Marta Jewson
Marta Jewson covers education in New Orleans for The Lens. She began her reporting career covering charter schools for The Lens and helped found the hyperlocal news site Mid-City Messenger. Jewson returned to New Orleans in the fall of 2014 after covering education for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with majors in journalism and social welfare and a concentration in educational policy studies.
Jewson has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment. She was a founding member of the outlet's Charter School Reporting Corps and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools: COVID-19 quarantines underreported due to data error
COVID-19 cases in district schools remain low.
Posted inSchools
District accuses Singleton Charter School of rehiring employee who failed background check
NOLA Public Schools reports Singleton officials said the employee has been terminated.
Posted inCoronavirus
COVID-19 cases decline in NOLA Public Schools for a second week
The decline follows a small uptick in cases after Hurricane Ida.
Posted inSchools
Six New Orleans charter schools facing closure make their case for renewal
James Singleton Charter School, which has faced repeated citations for academic and financial management problems, is one of the schools on the list.
Posted inSchools
All but one NOLA Public Schools campuses cleared for students after Hurricane Ida damaged 29 schools
The district hired a contractor to complete environmental inspections of the most severely damaged buildings before students returned.
Posted inCoronavirus
Active cases drop in NOLA Public Schools as city sees lower COVID-19 numbers
Despite the recent encouraging data from the district, the 2021-2022 case count among staff and students is already higher than all of last school year’s, likely due in large part to the highly infectious delta variant.
Posted inSchools
Lusher Charter board votes to begin process of renaming school
The move follows the Orleans Parish School Board’s recent project to remove names of Confederate figures and white supremacists from school buildings.
Posted inSchools
OPSB seeks to subpoena records from charter school financial contractors
The request comes as part of a lawsuit the Dryades YMCA, which runs Singleton Charter School, filed against the school district over the summer.
Posted inCoronavirus
New Orleans school district comes out against state policy shift on school quarantines
If districts opt in, the policy would allow close contacts to remain in class without a quarantine. NOLA Public Schools district indicated they will not adopt the policy.