The move follows the Orleans Parish School Board’s recent project to remove names of Confederate figures and white supremacists from school buildings.
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Posted inCriminal Justice
Class-action settlement mandates time outside of cells, communal meals and recreation for death row prisoners
The suit was filed in 2017 on behalf of death row prisoners, claiming that Angola’s highly restrictive conditions violated their constitutional rights.
Posted inSchools
OPSB seeks to subpoena records from charter school financial contractors
The request comes as part of a lawsuit the Dryades YMCA, which runs Singleton Charter School, filed against the school district over the summer.
Posted inCoronavirus
New Orleans school district comes out against state policy shift on school quarantines
If districts opt in, the policy would allow close contacts to remain in class without a quarantine. NOLA Public Schools district indicated they will not adopt the policy.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools delays employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate after Hurricane Ida
Officials are giving employees more time to report their vaccine status.
Posted inHurricane Ida
‘We can’t depend on the government’: Mutual aid groups work to fill needs for immigrant communities after Ida
With FEMA cash aid limited to certain groups, grassroots organizations have mobilized to fill unmet needs.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools tracking 99 COVID-19 cases, 62 quarantining
Most cases are connected to K-8 schools.
Posted inHurricane Ida
OPSB approves $15M disaster recovery contract for post-Ida repair work
The contract amount was increased from $500,000 approved earlier this year.
Posted inHurricane Ida
Council committee advances several accountability measures related to Entergy and Hurricane Ida
Among the measures was one calling for a study of Entergy New Orleans ownership and control. All items will have to go before the full council.
Posted inHurricane Ida
Ineligible for federal aid, ‘unqualified’ immigrants in disaster zone face enormous barriers to recovery
FEMA provides cash aid only to citizens and ‘qualified immigrants,’ a category that doesn’t include undocumented people, many on temporary visas or DACA recipients.