Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s contract expires next summer. The board may also consider changes to his performance metrics, given the pandemic.
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After expanded testing, New Orleans jail sees spike in confirmed coronavirus cases
Orleans Sheriff’s Office has no plans to move patients to Camp J at Angola as other local jails have.
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Convention Center to consider $1 million donation to worker relief aid at Wednesday meeting after demands for $100 million
Coalition of unions, advocates plans to continue pressure campaign for greater relief
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New Orleans public schools will finish the year remotely, return circumstances unknown
The district also shared an initial financial forecast.
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City tries to get in line with new federal leave policies
A Cantrell Administration memo from last week includes similar guidelines for employee leave, following rules set out by new federal law.
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The path to reopening: More testing, contact tracing needed to safely restart the state
The governor hopes to begin the reopening process soon, but the state says it still needs hundreds of workers to implement a contact tracing program.
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Survey: Schools throughout the state now offering distance learning, but many lack resources
Several New Orleans charter schools ask the state for more support.
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Absent exams and letter grades, charter school accountability is certain to be different next year. But it’s not yet clear how.
State letter grades are high-stakes for every district. But that’s especially true in New Orleans, where they are key to whether charter schools can continue to operate.
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Major labor union threatens to cancel convention in New Orleans if Convention Center doesn’t address local workers’ demands for relief
A local pressure campaign to force the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center to use its reserve funds for coronavirus worker relief funding is starting to affect the center’s business.
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Orleans Public Defenders announce furloughs in face of decreased revenue due to coronavirus
The cuts will affect about 67 employees.