Today, Governor Edwards announced that K-12 teachers and school employees will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, February 22nd. As most of you know, LFT members have urged the Governor’s office to grant educators priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine since the State first began assembling its vaccination rollout plan.  

In a statement released today, LFT President Larry Carter said “This is an important development for our teachers, school employees, and the communities they serve. Vaccinating teachers and school employees is one of the best tools we have to keep

Here are all the calls made to the city's 311 line that are related to COVID-19 and that have the same address as a school. To find out more about the report, copy the service request number for the report and search for it on the city's NOLA 311 site.

If you see violations of the state's, city's, school district's, network's or school's COVID-19 policies at your school, please call 311 to report what you've seen. If you wish to report anonymously, indicate that when you speak to the person in the call center and do not provide your email address.  Make sure that your report is associated with

Dear Superintendent Lewis and NOLA-PS Board Members,

Today we are writing to share our concerns about when and how we will resume in-person learning. We support the decision that NOLA-PS made to pivot to distance learning the week of January 4th. However, even in the short time of in-person learning (Jan. 4 - 5), Morris Jeff Community School experienced our first case of in-class, student-to-student COVID-19 transmission. Read the full letter here.

Join Your Union Today!

Together educators and school staff across New Orleans are coming together to build the schools our students deserve.  You can join today with your co-workers in building that effort.  

Membership in UTNO is open to eligible employees of public schools, private schools, parochial schools, or education-related private/non-profit organizations in Orleans Parish. Persons who occupy the position of principal, assistant principals, central office administrators, or those who are engaged in the hiring or firing of employees shall not be eligible to hold membership in this organization. This General Membership application is for those who wish to join UTNO and do not work in a position covered by a collective bargaining agreement or at NOLA Public Schools directly. 

If you work in a position covered by a collective bargaining agreement at Morris Jeff Community School, Benjamin Franklin High School, or Bricolage Academy, please talk to the union leaders in your school about joining your chapter of UTNO.  If you work for NOLA Public Schools please contact the UTNO office for information on how to join. 

Are you interested in learning more about UTNO? If so, complete this form and someone will get back to you soon to answer your questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

January 4th, 2021- Today New Orleans Public Schools announced that all schools should move to virtual-only learning by Thursday of this week. 

This is an important policy change that will help protect the health and safety of students, teachers, and all New Orleans residents who interact with those in our schools. Less than a week ago, the district had decided to insist upon in-person learning, but this caused an outcry from concerned educators, parents and students. The United Teachers of New Orleans published an Open Letter to the Superintendent and School Board outlining these concerns on January 1st, and in the subsequent days, several individual schools determined that they could not safely resume in-person learning at this time and decided to transition once again to virtual learning. MORE