The district is requiring children over 5 to be fully vaccinated by Feb. 1.
Cases among prison staff are also up. The spike follows major increases in the general state, national population due to the omicron variant.
OPSB committee advances measure to make booster shots mandatory for district employees.
The school district is not calling for remote learning, though several schools have independently decided to pivot to virtual instruction.
The NOLA Public Schools district is tracking 136 COVID-19 winter break cases and 451 people are quarantining. Those numbers don’t include tests taken this week.
Public health experts are highly concerned about omicron spread over the holiday season.
Cantrell administration to extend proof-of-vaccination requirement for restaurants to include anyone over the age of 5.
Tulane University and Loyola University are also seeing a rise in cases in recent weeks.
Three-quarters of New Orleans schools, and 70% of schools statewide, performed worse than in 2019, according to "simulated scores" released by the state.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is likely to override their 13-2 vote rejecting adding the shot to the list.