Last fall, school officials announced plans to test water for lead at 10 schools. The city water board argued they should allow more lead in the water before taking action, and a testing consultant wondered whether the water board would challenge his results. The test plans were dropped in favor of filters, which haven’t been installed yet.
The board hasn’t decided whether to close the school. Board member Ben Kleban said a charter could open there.
The Orleans Parish school district cited the school earlier this month.
This is the second time in a year it has been reprimanded. Now it could lose its charter.
About a dozen schools that aren’t in district facilities aren’t included, but they can buy into the contract.
School districts sought the filters after dropping a plan to test school water.
A year ago, the two school districts that oversee schools in the city announced they were “proactively” coming up with a plan to test water supplies for lead. But they didn’t act. Now the plan is to install water filters. Meanwhile, kids are back in school.
Charters have different starting dates, but the city picks one day to turn on all the lights.
New Orleans could again be on its way to becoming the first city in the country with only charter schools.
Federal prosecutors said bribes for Stacy Martin’s mother, then a school board member, went into her daughter’s account.
