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The Best and the Worst of the Week
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24th Judicial Court judges
now require 5-to-16-year-olds, whose parents are divorcing or separating, to attend
two mandatory counseling programs. The 16-judge court already requires educational
programs for divorcing parents to teach them about the impact of divorce on children.
The programs are developed and administered by the nonprofit advocacy group Voices
for Children, a leader in educating the public about how divorce affects youths.
Several Jefferson, St. Charles and St.
John parish elementary schools ,
in
a misguided response to poor student academic performance, have trimmed or eradicated
recess time for students. The decision has drawn criticism from experts who
say that daily opportunities for physical exercise and play are necessary for
children to focus in the classroom. Experts also point out that Louisiana already
leads the nation in obese kids.
The
New Orleans Recreation Department
was
unaware that volunteer football coach Vauchon Cojoe had multiple drug convictions
and faced trial on another charge. Cojoe, who wasn't a NORD coach but played
at NORD facilities against NORD teams, was shot Nov. 8 at a Seventh Ward park
in front of his preteen players. The shooting death prompted a new NORD mandate
that should have already existed: background checks for all coaches participating
in its programs.
Gov.
Mike Foster's Executive Department
poorly manages millions of dollars in
grant money, sometimes awarding funds for the same or similar purposes, according
to a recent audit by Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle. The report said the office
needed to improve its efforts to avoid overlapping funding. State financial
officials responded that the audit itself ignored evidence to the contrary,
but auditors replied the evidence presented was insufficient.
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