The Orleans Parish school district is placing staff on-site at the school following repeated problems with school finances and students’ grades.
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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.
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‘I feel like I was robbed’: Kennedy HS graduate questions his class ranking as school recalculates GPAs
The 18-year-old said he was ranked second in his class just weeks before graduation, when he was suddenly knocked down to fourth. He thinks he may have missed out on college scholarships as a result.
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Coghill board member directs staff not to give ‘F’s
The school district cited the board for overstepping and later issued a more escalated warning regarding financial concerns.
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Four Helen Cox HS administrators on paid leave after ‘records fraud’ investigation, JP Superintendent says
Improper grade changes affected five students, superintendent says. All five has since passed a proficiency test in the course where their grade was altered.
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Week in Review: New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS charter at the end of school year
New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS, Capdau charters at the end of school year The New Beginnings Schools Foundation voted unanimously Thursday to surrender the charters for both of its schools — John F. Kennedy High School and Pierre A. Capdau Charter School — effective at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. The move […]
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New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS, Capdau charters at the end of school year
Orleans Parish Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis, Jr. said the schools will remain open.
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After Kennedy fallout, school district seeks assistant director of HS accountability
It’s unclear how closely the district monitored charter high school graduation requirements in the past.
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Kennedy HS has not provided school district required information on grade-fixing, transcript errors, according to warning letter
The district is considering revoking Kennedy’s charter contract.
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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.