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Algiers charter schools to open Dec. 14
Five charter schools in Algiers will open Dec. 14, the schools'
newly hired academic director announced Tuesday, if they get a nod from
the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education today.
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Subdivision seeks flood safeguard
After flooding from Hurricane Katrina swamped dozens of homes in a
Harvey subdivision, a Jefferson Parish councilman has asked state
lawmakers and Congress to help the parish buy a nearby defunct golf
course to create a retention pond at Woodland West.
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Katrina worker is electrocuted
A South Carolina man died Tuesday night after apparently being
electrocuted in Waggaman, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Tuesday, November 08,
2005
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Storm hinders wheels of justice in Jeff
Jailed by Jefferson Parish authorities after her June arrest on
theft charges, Karen Varnado finally got a day in court last week,
albeit an unusual one.
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FRESH FACADE
Three Tulane University students joined with Alice Harte Elementary
School teachers, parents and community volunteers on Monday to paint
the Algiers school.
Saturday, November 05,
2005
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In the Katrina chaos, Jeff took property by storm
When the 17th Street Canal levee crumbled, Jefferson Parish
President Aaron Broussard couldn't go to the Home Depot to buy
materials to staunch the flood encroaching from New Orleans. What he
could do, under the sweeping emergency authority provided by state law,
was raid the Lafarge Construction Materials plant at 3320 Airline Drive
for sand, concrete blocks and heavy equipment to build a dam at Airline
and Severn Avenue.
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Students still can escape 'failing' schools
Despite the financial and logistical headaches Hurricane Katrina
has created for the Jefferson Parish public school system, students in
schools deemed failing by the state still are being allowed to transfer
to higher-performing schools.
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Algiers home badly damaged in fire
A fire heavily damaged a home in Algiers on Friday night.
Friday, November 04,
2005
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School scores show signs of growth
Although the majority of Jefferson Parish public schools posted
some growth on state performance scores, less than half reached their
academic targets in the 2004-2005 school year, according to the latest
round of state scores released Thursday.
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State may take over 104 N.O. schools
If the Legislature goes along with Gov. Kathleen Blanco's plan to
take over substandard schools in New Orleans as the city rebuilds, more
than 100 schools would become the responsibility of the state,
according to the latest test scores released Thursday by the state
Department of Education.
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Gretna man shot, left in street
A Gretna man was in critical condition after being shot Thursday morning, Gretna police reported.
Thursday, November 03,
2005
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Jefferson tracks down trailers Medical workers, law enforcement officers and firefighters
dislodged from their homes by Hurricane Katrina may soon settle into a
plastic community of modular homes that Jefferson Parish is preparing
at the Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Co. plant in Elmwood.
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Layoffs loom for Jeff schools Faced with a potential $60 million deficit from its once-flush
coffers, the Jefferson Parish public school system will begin warning
its roughly 7,000 employees this week of possible layoffs stemming from
Hurricane Katrina's damage to the parish's economy.
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Storms lop 100 miles off coastline Hurricanes Katrina and Rita shredded or sank at least 100 square
miles of marshland along Louisiana's fragile coastline, federal
scientists announced Wednesday, further exposing the region to powerful
storms rolling off the Gulf of Mexico and destroying some of the most
productive marine habitat in the country.
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Terrytown tenants are ordered to pay back rent Tenants of Louisbourg Square apartments in Terrytown will have
until Monday to pay back rent and avoid eviction, but how safe the
storm-damaged complex is remains to be settled.
