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Lacking quorum, NOMMA board will reschedule meeting

by Marta Jewson

The New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy could not reach a quorum at its monthly meeting Thursday night.  Heavy traffic over the Crescent City Connection prevented two board members from reaching the school’s west bank campus.

Members Terry Ebbert, Jack Bergman, Marcellus Grace and W. David Whiddon were present, two shy of a quorum.  As other members called stuck in traffic they were told to call off the commute and that the meeting would be rescheduled.
Commandant of the school Col. Bill Davis and principal Cecilia Garcia briefed the board on educational matters.

The meeting has not yet been rescheduled.

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Marta Jewson

Marta Jewson is an independent reporter based in New Orleans. Marta has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city. She focuses on education, health and climate.

She earned her journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin.

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