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.

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Five-candidate list of contenders also kept from public review.

Reporter Charles Maldonado received an award for his investigation into fake subpoenas.

If the school closes after the 2019-20 school year, students would get priority in the citywide enrollment lottery.

The school district says it will step in to run the school next year so the financially struggling school doesn’t close.

The charter school told parents Sunday it would close for good this week.

Students will be transferred to another charter network.

Exemption costs schools $3.7 million per year. Extra money could be used to help fund pre-K expansion.

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