Students arrive at Foundation Preparatory Charter School in Gentilly. Oct. 12, 2020.
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday that he is extending his statewide public health emergency but lifting nearly all of his remaining coronavirus restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate in Louisiana classrooms.
Edwards said the lighter restrictions are the result of lower coronavirus transmission rates in the state and the wide availability of three safe and effective coronavirus vaccines.
“Masks will be required in educational settings until the end of the current academic semester, beginning with summer programs for this year,” Edwards said, adding that individual school districts will still be able to set their own mask policies.
Students play at Akili Academy in the Upper 9th Ward. Nov. 13, 2020.
In the past, New Orleans Public Schools’ strategic planning has been seen as an internal process. Now the district is looking to change that.
NOLA-PS has undergone some big changes in recent years the biggest one being the reunification of the city’s all-charter system under the Orleans Parish School Board in 2018. Since then, the district has centralized some aspects of the system, like enrollment, while still leaving charter management organizations with a fair degree of autonomy.
Whether to give charter school leaders more or less control is just one of many issues the district is considering as part of its current strategic planning process, and they’re hungry for community input.
NOLA public schools halt use of COVID-19 test as feds study accuracy Share Updated: 4:20 PM CST Jan 22, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 4:20 PM CST Jan 22, 2021
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Show Transcript OF HEALTH IS INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A COVID TEST USED AT THE NOLA-PUBLIC SCHOOLS MOBILE TESTING UNITS THAT TEST HAS BEEN SUSPENDED HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IN A STATEMENT NOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAID THE COVID-19 TEST KIT IS UNDER REVIEW FOLLOWING A RECENT SAFETY COMMUNICATION FROM THE FDA ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO PRODUCE FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT NOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS NOTIFIED THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAD ACCESS TO THIS TEST AS PART OF THE N MOBILE TESTING PROGRAM THAT BEGAN LAST