Harney charter school principal fears board may fire her at Friday meeting
The principal thinks the board may be intending to use a defamation claim from Juan LaFonta as a false pretext for firing.
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 Crescent Leadership Academy closes, city lacks alternative placement for middle school students
Orleans DA wants State Supreme Court to review appeals court’s order to produce fake subpoenas
Week in Review: Mayor works on tool to identify ‘high-risk’ residents
Some wonder whether the information will end up in the hands of the police.
Facing closure, two F-rated Algiers charter schools move in together
The move comes after the school district halted enrollment at William J. Fischer Academy and McDonogh 32 Charter School. The schools aren’t expected to make the C letter grade required for charter renewal.
State environmental agency investigating asbestos contamination at New Orleans school
State officials say construction work was performed according to asbestos safety plan. If that's the case, a DEQ official says, the asbestos release shouldn't have happened.
The Lens’ Week in Review: Asbestos clean-up at another Orleans Parish school
Asbestos at the Rosenwald school building, another delay in the Entergy astroturfing investigation and a column on the unanimous jury amendment. Plus a new episode of our podcast Behind The Lens.
Asbestos clean-up announced at another Orleans Parish school
Rosenwald was the second school to relocate this summer due to asbestos concerns.
In a first, Orleans School Board denies industrial tax exemption request
Bollinger Algiers wanted a tax break on a capital project.
Alternative charter school is closing mid-year
The decision will leave the city without an alternative school for elementary and middle school students.
