Viewpoint: New School Board members bring promise of systemic change
Voting machines are rolled out of the warehouse for the Dec. 5 election. (Uptown Messenger) The four new members recently elected to the Orleans Parish School Board will shake up the system and chart a new direction for an organization that has been ruled in large part by outside influences since Hurricane Katrina. Representing a vast number of New Orleans families, this quartet will function as the School Board’s voting majority with the clear ability to pass or eliminate any policy they deem necessary. They will also have to find better solutions to major issues such as school financin...