[CharterSchools] NOLAPS: On Shooting after Graduation

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MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2022    Media Contact: Taslin Alfonzo, APR 504-202-7229 |communications at nolapublicschools.com          Statement from Supt. Lewis & Morris Jeff’s Head of Schools on Shooting after Graduation    (New Orleans – May 31, 2022) — “I am outraged and saddened by the callousness shown today outside Xavier University,” NOLA-PS Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr. said. “The graduating seniors of Morris Jeff were there to share in their collective achievements and bask in the brightness of their futures – only to have their optimism ripped apart by gun violence. This has got to stop. We must come together as a community, as a country, and address the damage caused by access to guns and to get to the root of the anger and despair that compels individuals to even think of harming others. All our children have a right to be safe and we must do all we can in our power to protect that right. My heart breaks for the families of the victims, and I implore us all to rally around them in their time of need.”    “This is a horrific tragedy on what should be a day of celebration for our seniors, but MorrisJeff is a strong school community and we will unite to help each other heal,”said Morris Jeff Head of School Patricia Perkins. “Every day, we teach our children to solve their differences with their words and to be compassionate toward each other. Our graduates will make a difference in this world because they learn to see each other as equal human beings. This resolve is only stronger after today’s violence.”    ###       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. For more information, visit www.nolapublicschools.com. For updates, follow NOLA Public Schools on Facebook at NOLAPublicSchools, Instagram at nolaps and Twitter @NOLAPSchools.           Richard Rainey | Executive Director of Communications and Public Affairs W: 504.359.9529 | C: 504.452.2530 rrainey at nolapublicschools.com |nolapublicschools.com          #yiv8754671554 #yiv8754671554 -- filtered {}#yiv8754671554 filtered {}#yiv8754671554 filtered {}#yiv8754671554 p.yiv8754671554MsoNormal, #yiv8754671554 li.yiv8754671554MsoNormal, #yiv8754671554 div.yiv8754671554MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv8754671554 a:link, #yiv8754671554 span.yiv8754671554MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv8754671554 span.yiv8754671554EmailStyle18 {font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv8754671554 .yiv8754671554MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv8754671554 filtered {}#yiv8754671554 div.yiv8754671554WordSection1 {}#yiv8754671554 
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