All four council members at the meeting said they were in favor of the idea, and a spokesperson for Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she was working with the council to create a draft ordinance.
The controversy centers around whether the board’s December vote to override Lewis’ recommendation met a legal requirement.
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District aims to ensure that what happened at Kennedy High School does not happen again.
The audit also found financial issues which the NOLA Public Schools district plans to review.
If the City Council ratifies the changes, the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation will change from a marketing agency for the city’s tourism industry to a fund that supports New Orleans’ “cultural economy and culture-bearers.”
The charter is one of three schools in New Orleans with a collective bargaining agreement.
One high school administrator said the district told her to change school policy in what may have been an overstep.
The council decided the new factory was worth it, despite aspects of both applications that violate local rules.
"Faking a subpoena is clearly improper under the law," one judge said.
