Public frustration boils over at meeting on school closures, but board policy stifles comment
Superintendent Henderson Lewis presented his closure recommendations as a report. Public comment was not allowed.
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.
Superintendent moves for mid-year charter revocation for Harney academy
The school would be run directly by the district. At a meeting on Tuesday, Lewis renewed his call for the Harney's board to surrender the school.
Cypress Academy will close, students to transfer to Foundation Prep next year
The school is the only non-charter elementary in the Orleans Parish school district.
Orleans Superintendent recommends closing four charter schools
District officials previously suggested that the schools were being considered for closure. Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s recommendations came the week after school letter grades were released by the state.
Orleans Parish will outsource last direct-run elementary school next year
Cypress Academy parents will learn the school’s fate at a Monday parent meeting next week.
Compare 2018 New Orleans school ratings
State ratings will factor heavily in the superintendent’s school closure recommendations released next week.
Facing closure and investigations, Harney charter school expands legal team
Interim principal appointed following suspension of school leader Ashonta Wyatt. Wyatt says she fired the interim appointee last week.
For the first time, state school ratings will account for student growth
Education experts say year over year growth is a better measure of a school's performance than student test scores alone. School ratings are set to be released on Thursday.
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Harney charter school to close at end of school year
At Monday night meeting, school district superintendent and other officials said board mismanagement led to decision.
As state ratings loom, parents worry about fate of schools
Charter school renewals hinge on school letter grades from the state. Orleans school district officials have strongly hinted that four schools may be up for closure.
