State law requires that money taken from a property tax and a portion of school sales taxes only be used for facility renovation and repair. Also, the district contemplates swapping properties with city housing authority.
As teachers and students search for new jobs and schools, resources dwindle and test scores could too. Part two in a series on school closures in New Orleans.
The Orleans Parish school district has issued Singleton three warnings this school year.
The Orleans Parish school district is working with the schools rather than closing them.
The lockdown was lifted and police are investigating.
Participation is voluntary, but some New Orleans charter school leaders say they want to coordinate days off when possible to ease the burden on parents with children in multiple schools.
The Orleans Parish school district is closing five schools this spring. In the first part in a series on school closures, The Lens talks to experts, advocates and parents about how a decision to close a school is made, and how it should be made.
