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State takes over New Orleans.


Hurricane Katrina Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  was the flood that broke the New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded  schools back and left most of the schools under state management.

The state Department of Education has until June to devise a five-year plan Five-Year Plan, Soviet economic practice of planning to augment agricultural and industrial output by designated quotas for a limited period of usually five years.  to manage 102 public schools starting in the 2006-07 school year, in addition to five schools that were already in the "Recovery School District" before Katrina hit last August. The schools in the recovery district have been failing, i.e., in terms of accountability scores, for four or more years. Three of the five schools that were already in the recovery district before Katrina hit were to have opened in January.

"The hurricane exacerbated the problem," says Meg Casper, education department spokeswoman.

The state is meeting with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. (IPA: /ˈneɪgɨn/) (born June 11, 1956) is the mayor of New Orleans. He was first elected on March 2, 2002, to succeed his fellow Democrat, Marc Morial. , the Louisiana Recovery Authority The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is the governmental body created in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by Governor Kathleen Blanco to plan for the recovery and rebuilding of Louisiana. , set up by Gov. Kathleen Blanco, and with the community to get input, Casper says.

The education arm of the mayor's Bring New Orleans Back Commission The Bring New Orleans Back Commission was established by Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans, Louisiana, after the flooding caused by a major civil engineering failure in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  reportedly envisions considerable control to principals, slimming down administration and offering parents choices between district and charter schools. It's unclear when schools reopen, but they will be run by outside organizations, nola.com reports.

A year ago, the New Orleans Parish School Board approved a $16 million contract to have a firm take over the board's finances, as the district reportedly had corrupt and wasteful record-keeping and that accounting for employees required a worker-by-worker audit, according to nola.com

The New Orleans Parish School Board was to reopen two schools this school year and another 17 were to reopen in January, along with other charter schools reopening.
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Title Annotation:Update: NEWS, STATS AND FAST FACTS; management of public schools
Author:Pascopella, Angela
Publication:District Administration
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U7LA
Date:Feb 1, 2006
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