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Contact your Legislator and let them know your feelings on the corporate education reforms in New Orleans, the links below has their contact info.

New Orleans Legislators
Karen Carter Peterson http://senate.la.gov/Peterson/
J.P. Morrell http://senate.la.gov/Morrell/
Conrad Appel http://senate.la.gov/Appel/
David Heithmeier http://senate.la.gov/HeitmeierD/
Ed Murray http://senate.la.gov/Murray/
A.G. Crowe http://senate.la.gov/Crowe/
Neil Abramson http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=98
Jeffery Arnold http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=102
Austin Badon http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=100
Wesley Bishop http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=99
Jared Brossett http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=97
Raymond Garofalo Jr. http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=103
Walt Leger III http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=91
Christopher J. Leopold http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=105
Nick Lorusso http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=94
Helena Moreno http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=93

The Legislative Clerk’s contact info: (225) 342-7259 (225) 342-5045 Fax

House Education Committee contact info
Representative Steve Carter (Chair): (225) 362-5305
Representative Patrick Jefferson (Vice Chair): (318) 927-2519
Representative Wesley Bishop: (504) 242-4198
Representative Christopher Broadwater: (985) 543-4900
Representative Henry Burns: (318) 949-2463
Representative Thomas Carmody: (318) 862-9956
Representative Simone Champagne: (337) 937-8827
Representative John Bel Edwards: (985) 748-2245
Representative Cameron Henry: (504) 838-5433
Representative Paul Hollis: (985) 871-4680
Representative Barry Ivey: (225) 261-5739
Representative Nancy Landry: (337) 262-2252
Representative Edward Price: (225) 644-6738
Representative Jerome Richard: (985) 447-0999
Representative Robert Shadoin: (318) 251-5039
Representative Patricia Haynes Smith: (225) 342-7106
Representative Jeff Thompson: (318) 741-2850
Representative Alfred Williams: (225) 382-3243

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Since the state takeover of public schools in New Orleans, the Recovery School District has closed numerous neighborhood schools. Many of these schools were closed over community objection and knowledge, the Recovery School District actions has been a nightmare for communities across the city. Recently the Recovery Schools District has decided closed a ninth ward elementary school for the third time post Hurricane Katrina, closure of this school has sent parents scrambling to find a school for their child. Kenisha Nelson a parent from May’s Charter School and Karran Harper Royal discusses the latest Recovery School District failure in providing quality schools to all children.

NOPS Success Feb. 2013

There has been an extraordinary amount of  media coverage of the unfound success of the education reforms (charter schools) in New Orleans. The corporate reforms PR machine has also been successful at ignoring the traditional schools under the control of the locally elected school board.   After Hurricane Katrina and the state takeover of more than 100 schools,  Orleans Parish School Board was left with it best performing schools (many of which had admission requirements).  These schools reopened as charters and traditional run schools. The traditional run schools with admission requirements lowered standards accepted all students. Ignored and unnoticed these traditional schools has emerged as one of the most highly rated school district in the state.

At his New Orleans event, John Merrow admitted that he knew that New Orleans charter schools can have selective admission requirements, but chose not to reveal this in his film, “REBIRTH- New Orleans.i” The film cites the accomplishments of the New Orleans charter school movement, while neglecting to disclose that several New Orleans charter schools have selective admission and retention requirements, allowing the schools to educate only students who are not at-risk.
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Research on Reforms, Dr. Barbara Ferguson

John Merrow Article

The hypocrisy – a snapshot in the well financed public relations spin touting the dramatic turnaround of public schools in Louisiana.

Lipstick On A Pig