The school’s lawyer said negotiations won’t start until the fall.
Category: Schools
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Area schools still leaving non-English speakers in the lurch
Lack of language services violates federal law.
Posted inSchools
82 percent of school-zone lights in New Orleans work now, the most we’ve seen
There was a big improvement last fall when the city announced an expansion of traffic enforcement cameras.
Posted inSchools
Superintendent says closing Mahalia Jackson would return building to its original use: a community center
Henderson Lewis Jr. has said the school should be closed because of under-enrollment. Wednesday night, he focused on the building.
Posted inSchools
Live blog: School district officials explain plan to close Mahalia Jackson Elementary
The superintendent wants to close the school; the board has delayed a decision.
Posted inInvestigations, Schools
Nepotism cases against two New Orleans charter school leaders have dragged on for years
In 2012 and 2014, the state ethics board charged Paulette Bruno and Doris Roché-Hicks with breaking state law because five family members worked at charter schools they run. Years later, the charges remain unresolved.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Their art proves therapeutic for young poets in violence-torn New Orleans
And yet arts programming in schools nationwide is on the wane.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Charter board delays action on Coghill teachers’ request for union recognition
It’s the fifth school to undergo a union drive in recent years.
Posted inSchools
At Mahalia Jackson, parents lurch from chartering to closure to uncertainty
First it was a charter effort. Then they were told it would close. Now they don’t know.
Posted inSchools
ExCEED withdraws applications to charter remaining traditional schools in New Orleans
The superintendent was scheduled to make a recommendation on the applications Thursday.