NOLA-PS & Young Audiences Charter School to Celebrate the End of Universal Masking

WHAT:

NOLA Public Schools (NOLA-PS) Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr. and Young Audiences Charter Schools (YACS) CEO Rickie Nutik will welcome Young Audiences Charter Schools at Lawrence D. Crocker students to campus for their first day without masks, a little more than two years since the pandemic began.

THIS IS A DISTRICT SANCTIONED MEDIA AVAILABILITY TO CAPTURE CONTENT OF THE DISTRICT LIFTING ITS UNIVERSAL MASKING RECOMMENDATION. THIS IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THIS CONTENT.

ALL MEDIA MUST RSVP TO COMMUNICATIONS@NOLAPUBLICSCHOOLS.COM BY 10 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 18.

WHEN:

Monday, March 21

7:40 AM - Arrival time for Media (street parking available, please do not park on campus)

7:45 AM – 8:00 AM • School buses & students begin arriving (Corner of Liberty & General Taylor)

8:15 AM – Classes start (b-roll and photo opportunities will be made available, as well as interviews)

WHERE:

Young Audiences Charter Schools at Lawrence D. Crocker • 2301 Marengo St., New Orleans, LA 70115

(Street parking available. Please do not park on campus.)

WHO:

- Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., NOLA-PS Superintendent of Schools

- Rickie Nutik, YACS Chief Executive Officer

- Brionne Marcelle, Chief Academic Officer for YACS

- Xaviera Ingram, Principal for YACS at Lawrence D. Crocker

- Riccardo Emillien, Music Teacher

- Ja'Niya Dabney, 7th Grader

- Bailey Tucker, 5th Grader

- Carter Harris, 2nd Grader

WHY:

NOLA-PS is excited to lift its universal masking recommendation and celebrate with YACS at Lawrence D. Crocker students and staff as schools return to a sense of normalcy.

Anyone who would like to continue to wear a mask in school is encouraged to do so.

Based on federal, state, and local guidance for masking in school settings, NOLA Public Schools (NOLA-PS) is lifting its universal masking recommendation for K-12 beginning Monday, March 21st.

Levels of community spread have remained low, as defined by the CDC.

This new guidance goes into effect more than two weeks post Mardi Gras and aligns with the expiration of the state's COVID-19 emergency orders.

The current COVID testing programs for students at schools will continue. Should families have questions, we encourage them to reach out to their individual school for more information.

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About NOLA Public Schools: NOLA Public Schools is the public school district for Orleans Parish. It includes the district's administration and elected school board, known as the Orleans Parish School Board. NOLA Public Schools currently oversees 76 public schools and is led by Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr.

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