(New Orleans 鈥� March 14, 2022) 鈥� Nearly two weeks post Mardi Gras, 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is proud to report our COVID-19 positivity rate is below 1% for the second week in a row. Our schools, with the assistance of health partners, administered 17,745 COVID-19 tests last week, yielding a positive test rate of 0.38%, among its students and s...
New Orleans 鈥� March 11, 2022) 鈥� The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) completed its first round of virtual interviews with 15 candidates interested in becoming the next Superintendent of Schools for 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS). Board members voted unanimously to invite one or more of the candidates to move onto the next phase of the Superintende...
Candidates will be selected Friday to move forward in the selection process. (New Orleans 鈥� March 10, 2022) 鈥� The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) will recess its special meeting this evening after completing the first day of virtual interviews for candidates to be the next Superintendent of Schools for 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS). OPSB members...
(New Orleans 鈥� March 7, 2022) 鈥� Due to most schools observing Mardi Gras break last week, today's COVID Tracker update will reflect low numbers. 天博体育 Public Schools, with the assistance of health partners, administered 2,493 COVID-19 tests last week, yielding a positive test rate of 0.36%, among its students and staff. The number of tests performed...
Mr. Brown is stepping down due to his daughter's candidacy for 天博体育-PS Superintendent. (New Orleans 鈥� March 7, 2022) 鈥� 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is grateful to Orleans Parish School Member John Brown for his years of service as a board member, board president, principal, coach, teacher, and mentor to New Orleans students for the past 52 years. ...
(New Orleans 鈥� March 3, 2022) 鈥� Based on federal, state, and local changes to masking guidance in school settings, 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) recommends the continuation of universal masking for its K-12 schools through March 18, 2022. If levels of community spread remain medium to low, as defined by the CDC, the masking recommendation will be l...
(New Orleans 鈥� February 25, 2022) 鈥擜s we celebrate the carnival season, 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is proud to announce the five winners of its social media "Celebrate Safely!" Mardi Gras Float and Mask Decorating Contest. More than 200 students across 10 schools participated in the event and displayed their creativity across our social media ch...
(New Orleans 鈥� February 21, 2022) - 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is proud to report our COVID-19 positivity rate is below 1%. Our schools, with the assistance of health partners, administered 19,476 COVID-19 tests last week, yielding a positive test rate of 0.85%, among its students and staff. That's down more than a half percent from last week's ...
(New Orleans 鈥� February 15, 2022) 鈥� 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) has begun to provide thousands of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to our schools, as part of the federal government's response to the pandemic. The Biden administration has provided all schools access to rapid antigen tests in support of in person learning. 天博体育-PS welcomed the offer an...
(New Orleans 鈥� February 15, 2022) - 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is proud of its school community for the hard work to keep COVID-19 from disrupting students' educations as much as possible. We are pleased to say that our COVID-19 positivity rate continues to decline. Our schools, with the assistance of health partners, administered 19,431 COVID-1...
This is a unique way for 45,000+ students to celebrate Mardi Gras & encourage them to display their Mardi Gras spirit. (New Orleans 鈥� February 8, 2022) 鈥� Mardi Gras is back! As our city brings back the cultural tradition of parade season, we still want to celebrate safely and bring attention to unique reminders to mask-up during the carnival se...
(New Orleans 鈥� February 7, 2022) - 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is pleased to announce that our COVID-19 positivity rate continues to decline. 21,585 COVID-19 tests were administered last week, yielding a positive test rate of 2.15% among its students and staff. That's down nearly one percent from last week's testing data, showing our schools' COV...
(New Orleans - February 3, 2022) -- The Orleans Parish School Board and 天博体育 Public Schools wish to express their gratitude and appreciation to the New Orleans City Council for their unanimous decision to provide $4.6 million in funding for aid for critical programs to serve our young learners. The funding comes from the longstanding agreement...
(New Orleans 鈥� January 31, 2022) - 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) is pleased to announce 20,773 COVID-19 tests were administered last week, yielding a positive test rate of 2.8% among its students and staff. That's down more than two percent from last week's testing data, showing our schools' COVID safety measures are working and continuing to do th...
(New Orleans 鈥� January 24, 2022) - 天博体育 Public Schools is pleased to announce that the positive test rates among its students and staff continue to decline after the surge related to the Omicron variant, indicating that COVID safety measures are doing their part to preserve in-person learning. The 天博体育-PS school community tested more than 15,000 in...
The change to the DLFA will be in effect for next two years (New Orleans 鈥� January 21, 2021) 鈥� 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr. received the support of the Orleans Parish School Board in making the following recommendations for the distribution of the District Level Funding Allocation (DLFA). Following the advic...
(New Orleans 鈥� January 20, 2022) 鈥� All Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) employees will now be required to receive a booster shoot, thanks to a policy passed unanimously by the OPSB this evening. The board amended its current COVID-19 Vaccination policy, to include a mandate that all School Board employees receive any of the COVID-19 booster shots...
(New Orleans 鈥� January 18, 2022) 鈥� During its regular monthly board meeting, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) unanimously voted to install Olin G. Parker as its President and Dr. Jancarlos (J.C) Wagner Romero as its Vice President. "I'd like to thank my fellow board members for your belief in me. I think we have a very experienced, very colle...
(New Orleans 鈥� January 19, 2022) 鈥� The annual application process, now called the 天博体育-PS Common Application Process (NCAP), for children enrolling in 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS) for the 2022-2023 school year is closing this Friday, Jan. 21. Families have until this Friday at midnight to go through NCAP and apply to schools online. Matches will t...
(New Orleans 鈥� January 19, 2022) 鈥� 天博体育 Public Schools (天博体育-PS), along with other school districts throughout Louisiana, celebrates School Board Recognition Month every January. More than 640 locally elected school board members throughout our state will be recognized by schools and communities for their service and dedication to public education....