Closing Costs: One Parent's Search For A New School

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Mallory Falk

Published May 25, 2015 at 11:29 PM EDT

Students prepare to bow at Lagniappe's kindergarten graduation.

When a school shuts down, families have to figure out where to go next.

Anthony Parker faced that decision this year. His sonAJwas a kindergartner at Lagniappe Academies, which closed on May8.

Parker spoke withWWNOEducation Reporter Mallory Falk about finding a new school forAJ and shared his advice for other families.Closing Costs: One Parent's Search For A New School

Support for education reporting comes from Bapist Community Ministries and Entergy Corporation

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Mallory Falk

Mallory Falk was WWNO's first Education Reporter. Her four-part series on school closures received an Edward R. Murrow award. Prior to joining WWNO, Mallory worked as Communications Director for the youth leadership non-profit Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools. She fell in love with audio storytelling as a Middlebury College Narrative Journalism Fellow and studied radio production at the Transom Story Workshop.

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