New Orleans’ only direct-run school is facing a deficit in its second year, and board members are debating whether to shut it down.
Now, local business leaders are asking officials to “make the hard decision” to close The Leah Chase School at the end of this school year.
In a letter sent Wednesday, the Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region pointed to the school’s half-million-dollar shortfall due to low enrollment and to projections that place the school further in the red…