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.

It will be the second union election at a charter school in two weeks.

The tally: 54 votes by teachers for the union, 77 against.

We'll be outside, but won't live-blog it.

Board received applications from 22 people who were deemed qualified.

Elections will be held at both campuses on May 17.

Thirteen of 15 dust samples tested positive for asbestos, but the results are preliminary.

Union organizers approached national board after they say the school gave them the cold shoulder.

School attorneys argue the board is a political subdivision of state, not subject to federal oversight. That's counter to an earlier argument.

Our reporting has more urgency than ever.