NOLA Public Schools: COVID-19 quarantines underreported due to data error
COVID-19 cases in district schools remain low.
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Reporting on education in New Orleans and across Louisiana. This category explores how policies, leadership, and community voices shape the experiences of students, teachers, and families—covering everything from classroom challenges to school reforms and success stories.
District accuses Singleton Charter School of rehiring employee who failed background check
NOLA Public Schools reports Singleton officials said the employee has been terminated.
What we know about how schools collect COVID data and make quarantine decisions
The NOLA Public Schools district recently criticized a state policy loosening school quarantine guidelines for unvaccinated contacts.
COVID-19 cases decline in NOLA Public Schools for a second week
The decline follows a small uptick in cases after Hurricane Ida.
Six New Orleans charter schools facing closure make their case for renewal
James Singleton Charter School, which has faced repeated citations for academic and financial management problems, is one of the schools on the list.
All but one NOLA Public Schools campuses cleared for students after Hurricane Ida damaged 29 schools
The district hired a contractor to complete environmental inspections of the most severely damaged buildings before students returned.
Active cases drop in NOLA Public Schools as city sees lower COVID-19 numbers
Despite the recent encouraging data from the district, the 2021-2022 case count among staff and students is already higher than all of last school year’s, likely due in large part to the highly infectious delta variant.
Lusher Charter board votes to begin process of renaming school
The move follows the Orleans Parish School Board’s recent project to remove names of Confederate figures and white supremacists from school buildings.
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.
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.
