Orleans school board approves facility plan
Plan includes selling or trading off seven vacant buildings the district doesn't need.
Category: Schools
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.
NOLA Public Schools asks board for more in property taxes next year
If the board doesn’t approve a tax “roll forward,” city schools stand to lose about $9 million, CFO says.
Citywide school audit will cover about 5 percent of high school student files
A former deputy superintendent says the audit is a good start, but the district needs to look at more than what is currently planned.
School district’s new high school accountability director starts work at Kennedy
Position was created in the wake of Kennedy HS graduation scandal.
Court-appointed special education monitors detail how the state picked the wrong New Orleans schools for federal consent decree scrutiny
Calculation errors, sloppy record-keeping led to 10 schools being erroneously picked for special monitoring. Plaintiffs’ attorney says the details in the report are troubling and point to the state’s inability to oversee New Orleans’ decentralized system.
Newly hired Kennedy HS Principal out six weeks into school year
NOLA schools chief: Initial Kennedy HS investigation ‘inconclusive,’ though later findings ‘a different story’
The district’s long-awaited report on the scandal that led to half the school's senior class being unable to graduate on time is five pages long and light on details.
Law firm hired to investigate Kennedy HS quickly ruled initial grade changing allegations untrue
It's unclear how Adams and Reese attorneys reached the conclusion. And one official from Kennedy's charter board suggested that opinions have since changed.
KIPP approaching limit on how many students a charter school operator can enroll
The three top operators had nearly 30 percent of OPSB students last year. And KIPP, the largest, is expanding.
Charter group may lose Coghill school, six other charters face renewal
Seven New Orleans charter schools are up for renewal this winter as their charter contracts come to an end.
