A recent survey by Unity of Greater New Orleans found the number of homeless people was more than four times its previous estimate a few months ago.
The state stopped reporting K-12 outbreaks as well. For weeks, officials have been promising to publish data on infections in K-12 schools. But it’s not clear when that will happen.
The district will monitor attendance to see if a system-wide intervention is necessary.
Robert Rettman is the third New Orleans inmate to die in jail this year.
Students in fifth grade and older will continue learning virtually until October.
Disasters and mental health. A defamation lawsuit from a former New Orleans charter school administrator. And an unusually forceful criminal justice resolution from the City Council.
Whitney Omosefe’s lawyer argues the network’s decision to cast out the assistant principal, rather than defend its policies, was both racially motivated and meant to maintain relationships with district officials.
State law dictates that the money be handed over to the city
From climate-fueled storms to COVID-19, mounting catastrophes are sowing stress and trauma. The country’s one program to help reaches only a fraction of survivors.