OPSB kicks off hunt for superintendent search firm
Orleans Parish public schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. is set to step down next summer.
Author: Marta Jewson
- About 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.
As schools open, New Orleans district reports 116 COVID-19 cases and 638 people quarantining
One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.
Anti-retaliation policy aims to protect school staff, parents and students
Advocates say the policy also aims to ensure access to school staff and students.
Most New Orleans public high schools to require vaccines for extracurricular activities
Students with ‘exceptional circumstances’ can opt out but will be required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing.
Six more schools renamed as district finishes year-long initiative
Friends of King proposes including Lawless in its school name.
NOLA Public Schools backs off plan to abruptly close Singleton
The district and Dryades YMCA, which runs Singleton, are in ongoing court-ordered mediation.
Masks required, weekly COVID-19 tests and vaccines offered in return to school
Data on local infections will no longer automatically trigger temporary closures, officials said, because staying open for in-person school is the district’s priority.
OPSB returns to in-person meetings, advances move to restore Lawless school name
District CFO says the upcoming school year could be another tough financial one due to ongoing revenue fallout from the pandemic.
After mediation with NOLA Public Schools, Singleton clears background check warning
The Superintendent has announced his intent to revoke the school's charter.
NOLA Public Schools to require masks amid delta variant surge
The news is a reversal of the district’s previous return to school plan.
