Lower Ninth Ward school may become new training academy for NOPD

A shuttered high school in the Lower Ninth Ward may get new life through the New Orleans Police Department.

Martin Luther King High School in the Lower Ninth Ward was closed in May by NOLA Public Schools due to lower-than-expected performance and dwindling enrollment.

The building is now being considered as a new training academy for the New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans Fire Department, and Emergency Medical Services…

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