How do you tell a kindergartener that his school is closing? Anthony and Alicia Parker, both 29, had to have that discussion with their 5-year-old son Anthony Jr. last week. On Friday, the state school board closed the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade Lagniappe Academies, effective at the end of this school year.
Members discussed comparing proposed $180,000 base salary to other parishes and charter schools.
School official hopes to have everyone back to Banneker building in a month.
Henderson Lewis Jr. will begin work under a four-year contract starting March 16.
His plea against charter renewal comes after state report cited problems and cover up.
Workers are replacing batteries at twice the rate they did last year.
Group alleging open-meetings violation by RSD agrees along with district to delay hearing for two weeks.
The transmitter sets the clocks for all the lights in the city and allows them to be programmed remotely. The fix could correct flashers that activate on weekends and holidays, but not when kids are in school. That was one of the problems revealed by a Lens survey in January, which found that nearly half of the lights malfunctioned.
Last two days before Mardi Gras break were canceled when some students refused to cooperate.
