RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment
It is very important to those promoting corporate reform in The Big Easy to show just how wonderful, how miraculous, how “rebirthful,” state takeover of New Orleans schools has been. Hurricane Katrina hit almost eight years ago (August 29, 2005); in the storm’s aftermath (and already itching to get their hands on New Orleans’ schools), the Louisiana legislature passed Act 35, which declared any Louisiana school having a school performance score (SPS) below the latest state average of 87.4 as now a part of the state-run Recovery School District. Most of those unfortunate takeover schools were in New Orleans.
In 2006, the state of Louisiana assumed control of 94 schools formerly belonging to the Orleans Parish School
In 2006, the state of Louisiana assumed control of 94 schools formerly belonging to the Orleans Parish School
