Law passed last year says public bodies can’t count weekends in providing 24-hour notice to public.
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Two city charter schools engaging with teachers unions for bargaining
The move by the Morris Jeff board to establish a contract with the union is the second action by a city charter school in the past month, following Benjamin Franklin High School, that indicates teachers — and school operators — may be willing to give unions a role in education.
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Morris Jeff charter school again approves teachers union for collective bargaining
The faculty will now be associated with the United Teachers of New Orleans.
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Lagniappe Academies board turns daily control over to teachers as shutdown begins
A week after its third campus leader stepped down, Lagniappe Academies’ board is putting the fate of the soon-to-close charter school in the hands of its remaining employees.
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Another school leader at Lagniappe Academies leaves in wake of critical report
Teachers submitted petition seeking the latest resignation.
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With just months left, staff seeks resignation of Lagniappe interim principal
Temporary leader was part of the problem that got school closed, teachers say.
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Principals discuss study that found charters tried to exclude some students
New report shows school leaders admitted to screening students to get the best.
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Two schools lose charters, but fates of their students are starkly different
The state school board recently decided that two New Orleans charter schools were failing their children so badly that their contracts wouldn’t be renewed after this academic year. But there’s a remarkable difference in what will happen to the students at these two sites.
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One of nine holdouts from the OneApp enrollment system considers joining early
Sci High’s board will discuss the matter at Thursday board meeting; change would come one year early
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Lagniappe Academies doesn’t have money to fight state school board over renewal
Also, board members say that even a successful lawsuit likely would stretch past next academic year’s start.