Orleans Parish transitions Harney to direct-run school over long winter break
Twenty-seven Harney employees are returning as district staff. The district plans to close the school this spring.
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Algiers Charter school employees must reapply for their jobs next year
The new policy comes as two of the charter group’s schools are set to close.
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With expected privatization of McDonogh 35, New Orleans is poised to become an all-charter city
By handing over McDonogh 35 to a contractor, the city will no longer have any direct-run schools in 2019. The board votes Thursday.
Baby Ben won’t admit new pre-K students next year
The formerly district-run school converted to a charter school over the summer.
McDonogh 35 alumni board fears charter group takeover
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Teachers must re-apply for jobs to close out Harney’s school year
The Orleans Parish school district plans to take over the embattled charter school next month and operate it through the spring. But the district is not guaranteeing it will retain the school's current staff. Interviews started this week.
Harney governing board votes to negotiate surrender of school’s charter
The Orleans Schools Superintendent has called for the school to close. District expected to run the school directly through the end of the year following the end of its charter.
One-quarter of city schools now have filters to remove lead from water
The installations won’t be done until the spring of 2019, nearly three years after the school districts first promised to test for lead.
Harney charter board fires principal in meeting that may have violated Open Meetings Law
Orleans school district superintendent is in the process of revoking Harney’s charter. The school will close this spring. Harney's lawyer denies sunshine law violations at Friday meeting.
