Tuesday Feb 09

Schools with Specialties:

How School Choice has impacted the Jefferson Parish Public School System

ClancyThe issue of school choice is more relevant than ever before with the surge in charter school offerings in Orleans Parish. This trend began in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when the state took over most of the parish’s public schools, and continues today. Four more charters were added this year alone.

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Fat City Makeover

Fat CityWritten by George Gurtner

Jimmy Camarillo is standing on a corner of Division Street in Fat City captured by the symphony of reconstruction sounds made by the street workers and giant machines as they pound out the first notes of “The Renewal of Fat City.”

“Ain’t it beautiful,” Camarillo says. “It’s finally happening.”

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