The trend in the district’s increased oversight comes one year after half the class of John F. Kennedy High School learned — after graduation — they had not been eligible for diplomas.
Plaintiffs’ attorneys in the five-year-old consent decree case say the point of oversight was to ensure better delivery of special education services. In spite of a ‘substantial compliance’ finding, they’re not confident New Orleans’ schools have achieved that.
Charter schools, which make up nearly all of the district, will release their own plans beginning next week, officials said.
State wants local officials to prepare to provide compensatory services for students affected by statewide school closures.
Slave owner John McDonogh endowed New Orleans’ schools and many buildings are still named after him.
“Widespread negative effects are imminent to both individual schools and entire school systems,” the June 11 memo said.
What school actually looks like will depend on how far along the state is in its reopening process.
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is one of several schools that use foreign teachers in their French curriculum school.
Twenty percent of parents surveyed say they won’t be able to make staggered in-person class schedules work in the fall. Many parents want a remote-learning option even if school buildings reopen.
‘We want to make sure we are protecting our youth and especially inspiring them around their culture,’ one school leader said.
