Harney charter school has fired its chief financial officer, board president says
Brent Washington Sr. is under a formal investigation for doing accounting work for Harney on the side.
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.
Week in Review: Public records and meeting access; charter school nepotism
Lens attorney Scott Sternberg explains a case in which a woman was sued for asking government officials for public records.
Ethics board rules Friends of King CEO Doris Hicks must lose her job for employing relatives
Doris Roché-Hicks employed her sister and son-in-law, and she signed checks to her daughter under a consulting contract.
Power plant opponents spar with city council over being kept out of public meetings on power plant
A judge will rule on whether the council violated the Open Meetings Law.
Update on ‘Brady’s room’: Orleans Parish school district and charter school working on arrangements for high-needs student
Brady LaFleur may go to school on McDonogh 35’s campus as a Morris Jeff Community School student.
Orleans Parish school district confirms Harney charter school held on to employees’ retirement contributions
The school board plans to hire an auditing firm to investigate finances at Harney and other schools.
Week in Review: Entergy’s $1.3 million power plant campaign; more fake subpoenas; climate change and New Orleans
The Lens’ Week in Review: Charter boards must add parents and a look at The Lens’ June
New Orleans charter schools add parents to boards to increase parent involvement
Some charter leaders question whether the requirement is an intrusion on their autonomy.
Orleans school district requests more financial records from Harney charter school
The Central City charter school withheld employees’ retirement contributions for months.
