The final public neighborhood schools, as we once knew them, in New Orleans will disappear when school starts in the fall. The RSD will now operate charter public schools going forward. This movement has been taking place since Hurricane Katrina came ashore in August 2005.
Like any other 'reform' movement, this one has plenty of critics and advocates. The full impact of this change will not be known for some time in terms of its wide array of effects.
To be clear some of the changes are already viewed as harmful. Yes, a good number of children will have to be bused and a good number of kids won't be walking to and attending school in their neighborhood. Given this dislocation, don't kids yourselves, it will make it that much harder on many parents.
This isn't about NOLA neighborhood schools failing. Our charity worked with many of the RSD public schools and many of them made terrific progress - by any number of measures - over a sustained period of time. So before anyone goes with the argument that "charters yield better results," it ought to be clear that the vast majority of neighborhood schools got the job done.
A sad day :(
Dick
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