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Schools with Specialties:
How School Choice has impacted the Jefferson Parish Public School System
The 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
Written 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.”
