Parents and school officials filed into Alice Harte Elementary in Algiers Wednesday (Aug. 23) for the first of four town hall forums, designed to give residents the chance to get education questions answered by the Orleans Parish School Board.
Orleans school superintendent Henderson Lewis, Jr., and school board president John Brown Sr., responded to concerns regarding transportation, school quality and student behavior. They also expressed excitement for July 2018, when officials expect the renamed schools authorized under the state’s Recovery School District to return to locally-elected oversight. Scroll down to learn which issues were raised by parents Wednesday night.