Cohen will occupy the Central City campus for two to three years while a new high school is constructed at its current site.
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Harney’s emergency bathroom repairs complete, school district says
The school district is leaving portable toilets on campus as a precaution.
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Students at school slated for closure face yet another hurdle: no bathrooms
Plumbing contractors were digging up Edgar P. Harney elementary school’s lush front lawn on Willow Street Tuesday afternoon while a portable toilet trailer sat on the school’s blacktop playground along busy Claiborne Avenue. “The bathrooms aren’t working,” one of the workers told The Lens. A clogged sewer line was initially to blame. But when contractors […]
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Auditors again find financial problems with nonprofit that ran Harney elementary
Once again, Harney nonprofit board is flagged for poor financial management and bookkeeping. By the time the audit was released, however, the school was no longer under charter management.
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School district can’t access federal funds assigned to Harney elementary
Orleans school district officials say that Harney, which the district took over from a charter operator, faces a $430,000 deficit. Federal funds allocated to its former charter board could close most of the gap. But the district can’t collect them.
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School board meeting: Harney staff will be paid; Ellison retains vice president seat following controversy over views on LGBT protections
Central City charter school allotted $1.2 million in budget adjustment. Ellison, who had previously been expected to be nominated for president, faced a backlash from civil rights groups over her statements on anti-discrimination policies that include LGBT protections.
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Harney employee pay remains a question, pending Thursday school board vote
The district is also seeking federal funds from the charter school group.
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Harney students return to many familiar faces, new management
The Orleans Parish school district took over the charter school during winter break.
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Orleans Parish transitions Harney to direct-run school over long winter break
Twenty-seven Harney employees are returning as district staff. The district plans to close the school this spring.
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Teachers must re-apply for jobs to close out Harney’s school year
The Orleans Parish school district plans to take over the embattled charter school next month and operate it through the spring. But the district is not guaranteeing it will retain the school’s current staff. Interviews started this week.