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.

The school has racked up nine district warnings this year.

The shakeup at the central office comes as RSD schools transition back to local oversight.

Former assistant principal is the fourth leader the board has picked in the past year.

Two schools are undergoing asbestos abatement.

District says possible contamination at alternate site was minor and has been fixed.

During the same time period, the school delayed its employees’ retirement benefit payments.

Brent Washington Sr. is under a formal investigation for doing accounting work for Harney on the side.

Lens attorney Scott Sternberg explains a case in which a woman was sued for asking government officials for public records.

Doris Roché-Hicks employed her sister and son-in-law, and she signed checks to her daughter under a consulting contract.

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