All of the approximately 180 employees of the two-school charter organization were invited to the Beau Rivage in August. The charter organization covered their hotel rooms and meals. A week later, CEO Doris Roché-Hicks told staff at one school that their pay would be cut 2 percent. That move saved about as much as the retreat cost.
State association of levee boards set to poll full membership on whether to sue Big Oil.
Five students have been killed since June.
Landrieu wants the court to move into the former hospital, as co-tenants with City Hall.
School's enrollment was 447 students as of Oct. 1.
School is nearly $140,000 in the black so far this fiscal year.
Jindal has been traveling throughout the state on a “64-parish tour.” But critics deride the events as little more than a series of photo ops, and key state lawmakers say they haven’t talked policy with the governor since the legislative session ended in June.
Nearly two-thirds of 1,000 people polled had little to no confidence that industry will voluntarily repair damage.
Thursday's meeting will be the first time the ordinance, requested by Mayor Landrieu, will be debated in public.
Increased enrollment means more money for the two schools.
