Roughly one-third of the district’s students are in summer programming.
Category: Coronavirus
Posted inCoronavirus
With universities out, city COVID testing declines
Summer school surveillance testing could provide a window into continuing cases.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Nearly 70 percent of people incarcerated at the New Orleans jail are fully vaccinated, according to sheriff
The vaccination rate in the jail is now higher than the rest of the city and state.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools expands vaccine program to 12-year-olds
In mid-May, the CDC lowered the eligibility age from 16 to 12.
Posted inCoronavirus
As school year wraps up, COVID-19 cases down; Supt. Lewis announces final year
Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. announced next school year will be his last as superintendent of the district.
Posted inCoronavirus
COVID-19 cases in NOLA Public Schools hold steady as school year winds down
People quarantining dropped from 506 to 408.
Posted inCoronavirus
New COVID variant diagnosed in northern Louisiana
As vaccination rates remain low, possibility of further outbreaks remain.
Posted inCoronavirus
New Orleans COVID-19 meal assistance program to end soon
The city sent out an email on Friday saying that the federally funded program, which has fed more than 10,000 people, would come to an end this month. But an official said that email was ‘premature.’ Still, the city now plans to end the program after June.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases up; quarantines double, topping 500
Despite loosening of face covering rules, masks are still required at schools around the state.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City lays out plans for $400M in federal coronavirus aid
Cantrell administration expects the money will be needed to make up for a weak local economy for several years.