Cohen will occupy the Central City campus for two to three years while a new high school is constructed at its current site.
The school district is leaving portable toilets on campus as a precaution.
Once again, Harney nonprofit board is flagged for poor financial management and bookkeeping. By the time the audit was released, however, the school was no longer under charter management.
Orleans school district officials say that Harney, which the district took over from a charter operator, faces a $430,000 deficit. Federal funds allocated to its former charter board could close most of the gap. But the district can't collect them.
Central City charter school allotted $1.2 million in budget adjustment. Ellison, who had previously been expected to be nominated for president, faced a backlash from civil rights groups over her statements on anti-discrimination policies that include LGBT protections.
The district is also seeking federal funds from the charter school group.
The Orleans Parish school district took over the charter school during winter break.
Twenty-seven Harney employees are returning as district staff. The district plans to close the school this spring.
The Orleans Parish school district plans to take over the embattled charter school next month and operate it through the spring. But the district is not guaranteeing it will retain the school's current staff. Interviews started this week.