School Board puts off contract vote for superintendent to discuss details
Members discussed comparing proposed $180,000 base salary to other parishes and charter schools.
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.
Infestation of bats forces KIPP elementary to cancel classes, move to temporary site
School official hopes to have everyone back to Banneker building in a month.
New superintendent’s contract calls for $192,000 from Orleans School Board
Henderson Lewis Jr. will begin work under a four-year contract starting March 16.
RSD superintendent recommends closing Lagniappe Academies charter school
His plea against charter renewal comes after state report cited problems and cover up.
City workers fixing some school-zone lights, but problems persist in others
Workers are replacing batteries at twice the rate they did last year.
Lawsuit over selection of John McDonogh charter operator delayed two weeks
Group alleging open-meetings violation by RSD agrees along with district to delay hearing for two weeks.
Charter selection includes some public input, but decision made privately
City to repair transmitter that controls broken school zone lights
The transmitter sets the clocks for all the lights in the city and allows them to be programmed remotely. The fix could correct flashers that activate on weekends and holidays, but not when kids are in school. That was one of the problems revealed by a Lens survey in January, which found that nearly half of the lights malfunctioned.
KIPP Renaissance students return after protest over security canceled 2 days
Last two days before Mardi Gras break were canceled when some students refused to cooperate.
Plan to send the Internet home with some students hits federal funding snag
The ReNEW Schools charter-school network in New Orleans had a generous solution for its students without Internet access at their houses — take-home laptops equipped with a wireless broadband connection. However, school leaders pulled the plug on the expensive benefit when the federal program that finances school technology delayed a decision over whether such expenditures should be reimbursed — a decision that could affect schools nationwide.
