The recommendation takes effect as most schools are winding down for the year.
Category: Schools
District cites Abramson Sci Academy for special education
Abramson officials deny the district’s assertions and requested a retraction.
School Board hears more on enrollment decline
The analysis will help inform the district’s “right-sizing” plan which could include school closures as enrollment declines in the city.
In apparent first, district moves to withhold charter school’s state funding over facility conditions
King Charter School leases a district-owned building.
School Board committee advances more lenient charter renewal proposal
The new policies would help address years when pandemic shutdowns canceled state standardized testing.
School cases rise again in final report
The final report comes a few weeks shy of the end of the 2021-22 school year.
BESE falls one vote shy of passing graduation waiver
LEAP testing requirements were waived in 2020 and 2021. Some argued that current seniors deserve the same break.
COVID cases more than double in NOLA Public Schools
More than one-third of the cases came from one high school.
New Orleans voters approve early childhood education tax
The tax will create 1,000 new early childhood seats and a state match could double that to 2,000.
School Board votes to oppose state bill that would change charter school autonomy law
The meeting grew heated at times and several members of the public were asked to leave.