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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued a legal opinion Friday that said the state’s top school board, not Gov. John Bel Edwards, has the authority to dictate masking policies in public schools.
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New Orleans Public Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. doubled down on his decision not to offer virtual learning for the coming school year at a press conference Thursday.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards could issue a statewide mask mandate as early as Monday impacting back-to-school plans for the state’s 70 districts, most of which have decided not to require face coverings for the coming school year.
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With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise in Louisiana, some parents have begun to question whether their children will be able to start the school year in-person. But ask any school or health official and the answer — at least for now — is still the same: Schools will reopen.
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Masks will once again be required inside New Orleans Public Schools in response to the city’s new indoor mask advisory, the district announced Wednesday.
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One year ago this week, Gov. John Bel Edwards closed Louisiana’s public school buildings in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. In response,…
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With seven weeks worth of data, New Orleans Health Director Dr. Jennifer Avegno said there’s “no indication” COVID-19 is spreading within the city’s K-12…
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New Orleans public schools announced Wednesday that it will offer free COVID-19 testing to students and staff even if they are asymptomatic. The district…
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With traditional truancy enforcement suspended, New Orleans public schools are working to develop new procedures to identify and engage with chronically…
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When the school year started virtually in August, 13-year-old Faith Jackson struggled to participate from her home in New Orleans East.“It was so hard…