Specific guidance focuses on limiting group sizes, daily health checks and increased sanitation. If able, all children over the age of two should wear cloth masks.
A state report projects the largest sales tax losses across the state will occur in Orleans Parish.
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s unclear if students will return to classrooms in the fall.
Some schools are planning in-person ceremonies later in the summer, others are awaiting word from local officials on restrictions.
Certifying graduation data can require school officials to enter buildings and find records, a challenge during the COVID-19 school closure.
The city’s two largest charter groups were too big to qualify for the program.
Several states, included Louisiana, have shuttered schools until the end of the academic year, leaving some students out of classrooms for five months or more.
Researchers will study equity, access to classwork during widespread school closures.
The position, which is charged with overseeing a set of charter schools, had been vacant for several months.
In a virtual board meeting with technical difficulties, the public criticized the lack of process and timing of the proposed move.
