A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades.
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Changes in ACT will allow students to combine best scores beginning in fall 2020
The ability to take individual subject tests and to combine best scores could help level the playing field between low-income and more affluent students, says an administrator at the city’s largest charter operator.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Persistent outages plaguing Grand Gulf nuclear plant are adding millions to the bills of New Orleans customers
The outages cost New Orleans customers upwards of $100,000 a day, according to Entergy.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Mental Illness Behind Bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish
The city and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office are implementing short- and long-term plans for housing mentally ill inmates, but critics say jail is no place to treat mental illness.
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Bricolage Academy narrows CEO search to two candidates, hires interim
The Esplanade Avenue charter school’s founder and longtime CEO is stepping down at the end of the month to take a new position.
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Orleans school board chair to review superintendent’s decision not to renew two charters
Thursday’s OPSB meeting was packed with protesters opposing district’s plans to end Coghill, Craig charters.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council passes budget, lowers property tax rates for 2020
Property tax rates reduced by 4.6 mills overall. Council allocates Entergy fines.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Convention Center approves 2020 spending plan, defers vote on major architectural contract
Populous contract vote delayed following board member questions on legality.
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Facing closure or takeover, Coghill’s special education warning extended
The school failed to provide special education services to nine students and the district extended its August warning which seeks to remedy that.
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Facing loss of state funds, Orleans school board votes for property tax ‘roll forward,’ increasing taxes for many residents
The move is expected to net city schools $15.1 million next year.