The parents of students from public schools can choose to enroll their children in most schools in the district .
the New Orleans Public Schools system was engaged in reforms aimed at decentralizing power away from the pre-Katrina public School Board to individual charter school school principals and boards , monitoring charter school performance by granting renewable , five-year operating contracts permitting the closure of those not succeeding , and parents the choice to enroll their children in almost any school in the district .
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