The Orleans Parish school district is working with the schools rather than closing them.
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Ethics board rules Friends of King CEO Doris Hicks must lose her job for employing relatives
Doris Roché-Hicks employed her sister and son-in-law, and she signed checks to her daughter under a consulting contract.
Posted inSchools
Orleans Parish School district must pay $12 million to students who attended school atop hazardous waste site
Students will get about $1,000 for each year they attended, but the school board has decided not to pay any judgments this school year.
Posted inSchools
State ethics lawyer says charter school leader or her relatives should be fired for breaking nepotism laws
Doris Roché-Hicks runs Friends of King Schools, where several of her relatives have worked. The state says three of those arrangements are against the law.
Posted inSchools
As charter employee faces ethics charges, school drags feet on records requests
Harney hasn’t provided records and isn’t answering questions about its finances.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Moton’s charter could be revoked for failing to identify children who need special education
The school district warned the school in August that it had to fix the problem.
Posted inSchools
School paid its CFO extra to do accounting work, ethics board alleges
Brent Washington was paid to do accounting work in addition to his CFO salary.
Posted inSchools
Moton charter school is in trouble again for failing to serve its special-ed students
This is the second time in a year it has been reprimanded. Now it could lose its charter.
Posted inInvestigations, Schools
Nepotism cases against two New Orleans charter school leaders have dragged on for years
In 2012 and 2014, the state ethics board charged Paulette Bruno and Doris Roché-Hicks with breaking state law because five family members worked at charter schools they run. Years later, the charges remain unresolved.
Posted inOpinion
Our jazz is culturally black, but its global dissemination owes a lot to Italians
Benito Mussolini dug it big-time
