David Palacios

This application outlines the strategic direction for Empowerment Performing Arts Academy of New Orleans (EANO), an open-admission, open-enrollment high school dedicated to transforming emerging artists. The plan focuses on providing a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, replicating successful instructional models, and integrating performing arts and entertainment education grounded in New Orleans' cultural heritage. Key priorities include fostering academic excellence, career and college readiness, and civic engagement through the arts, within a supportive and inclusive school culture. EANO aims to serve Orleans Parish students, especially in New Orleans East and Gentilly, ensuring access to quality education regardless of prior academic or artistic background.

The Nola Public Schools District Wellness Plan is dedicated to fostering the optimal development and success of every student by creating positive, safe, and health-promoting learning environments. This comprehensive plan outlines the district's commitment to providing students with access to healthy foods, quality nutrition education, and ample opportunities for physical activity before, during, and after school. It further emphasizes promoting student wellness through various activities, supporting staff in healthy behaviors, engaging the community, and establishing a robust infrastructure for plan implementation and monitoring.

This document outlines the superintendent's 100-day entry plan for Nola Public Schools, serving as an initial roadmap grounded in the core values of equity, excellence, and joy. Key objectives include conducting comprehensive school visits, fostering trusting and collaborative relationships with all stakeholders, engaging families through meetings, and addressing achievement and opportunity gaps, particularly for children of color. The plan also focuses on establishing 'NOLA Cares' for community access to mental health and wellness resources, improving school attendance, reviewing the charter school accountability framework, developing policies for facility dispensation to support community benefit, and presenting the annual budget transparently. This foundational work aims to support the development of a reimagined long-term strategic plan for the district.

This strategic plan, known as NOLA-PS Evolve, serves as a roadmap to ensure every scholar receives a top-tier education, fostering success in civic, social, and economic spheres. It is built upon four core pillars: Effective and Connected Communications, High-Quality Schools, Student, Staff, and Community Well-Being, and Operational Excellence. The plan focuses on strategic investments in school infrastructure through the School Facility Preservation Program, developing teacher talent pipelines, funding specialized programs, maximizing federal relief funds, and ensuring financial sustainability for future growth, aiming to align resources to meet the diverse needs of over 41,000 students with equity, excellence, and joy.

This document outlines the Student Progress Plan (PPP) as mandated by Louisiana state law for Local Educational Agencies. It focuses on establishing policies and procedures for student placement and promotion from kindergarten through high school, ensuring students master grade-level skills. Key areas addressed include promotion and retention criteria, academic support plans, literacy intervention standards for K-3, and guidelines for transfer students and alternative education. The plan aims to facilitate student progression and success through targeted interventions and structured support.