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.
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School lights are flashing again, though some students have been in class for weeks
Charters have different starting dates, but the city picks one day to turn on all the lights.
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Principals file paperwork to convert Ben Franklin, Bethune elementary schools to charters
New Orleans could again be on its way to becoming the first city in the country with only charter schools.
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Woman convicted in school board bribery scheme is now director of outreach at Collegiate Academies
Federal prosecutors said bribes for Stacy Martin’s mother, then a school board member, went into her daughter’s account.
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What’s left of Booker T. Washington High School has been taken off National Register of Historic Places
Most of the school was demolished, and the remaining auditorium is not significant enough on its own.
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Former head of charter group led by school district employees may return to public employment
Nicolette London quit her job at the Orleans Parish school district to become CEO of ExCEED. Now she wants to return.
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Two years later, no resolution in case of SciTech Academy employee charged with molesting a boy
Ronald Johnson left the school the day after the alleged incident. His case has been delayed 15 times.
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Here’s how New Orleans elementary schools did on standardized tests this spring
Mixed results, like their counterparts throughout Louisiana.
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Ahead of unification, Orleans school district formalizes warning system for charters
The first warning went to Alice Harte Charter School for initially denying admission to a student.
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Charter school’s refusal to admit students lacking uniforms wasn’t its first violation
The state issued a warning to Sophie B. Wright two years ago for the same problem with homeless students.