Orleans school district requests more financial records from Harney charter school
The Central City charter school withheld employees’ retirement contributions for months.
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.
Brady’s room: One family navigates special education in New Orleans
Brady LaFleur, who has autism and Down syndrome, has spent much of the last year learning one-on-one in a special room in the old McDonogh 35 building. Now the building is being gutted. Brady needs a new space to accommodate him, and the school district isn’t going to find it for him.
Harney charter school withheld employees retirement funds for months
A similar case in Maryland resulted in a federal theft conviction.
No public discussion or vote as Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy picks new leader
Five-candidate list of contenders also kept from public review.
District could have acted earlier as Cypress Academy neared collapse
Responding to parents, Orleans Parish school district agrees to run Cypress Academy for two years
If the school closes after the 2019-20 school year, students would get priority in the citywide enrollment lottery.
Personalized learning: The little-noticed educational experiment in New Orleans schools
Personalized learning is transforming schools in the Crescent City, but what does that mean for students? Some educators support the philosophy but worry it’s causing kids to spend too much time learning alone in front of a screen.
Live coverage: Cypress parents meet with Orleans Parish school district officials to discuss future of their charter school
The school district says it will step in to run the school next year so the financially struggling school doesn’t close.
Two days after parents learned Cypress Academy will close, parish superintendent decides to keep it open
The charter school told parents Sunday it would close for good this week.
Facing closure, Cypress Academy parents demand answers from charter, parish school boards
"We ask that you offer real solutions to this terrible situation in which you have put our families," they wrote.
