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Orleans Parish School Board unanimously rejects six Folgers tax breaks

by Marta JewsonDecember 17, 2020December 17, 2020

Officials said the district could not “fiscally tolerate” any additional financial loss during the pandemic. Earlier, the N.O. City Council delayed a vote on most of the exemptions.

COVID-19 cases hold steady in NOLA Public Schools, 769 people quarantining

by Marta JewsonDecember 17, 2020December 17, 2020

OPSB committee votes against multimillion-dollar Folgers property tax exemptions

by Marta Jewson and Michael Isaac SteinDecember 15, 2020December 17, 2020

NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases hold steady at 80, 712 quarantining

by Marta JewsonDecember 10, 2020December 10, 2020

NOLA Public Schools declines to renew Crocker College Prep; 17 charters win new contracts

by Marta JewsonDecember 8, 2020December 8, 2020

Study: OneApp’s half-mile ‘priority’ is more likely to benefit white, higher-income students

by Marta JewsonDecember 8, 2020December 9, 2020

J.C. Romero tops OPSB incumbent Leslie Ellison in school board races

by Marta JewsonDecember 5, 2020December 5, 2020

NOLA Public Schools to present charter renewal slate Tuesday

by Marta JewsonDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020

Nearly half of NOLA Public Schools campuses have a COVID-19 case, 839 quarantining

by Marta JewsonDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020

OPSB approves $70k to continue ‘Safe Routes to School’ work with city

by Marta JewsonNovember 27, 2020November 24, 2020

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