State judge finds Post-Katrina school firings wrongful?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/06/21 23:51:27
A Louisiana judge ruled Wednesday that thousands of New Orleans school employees were wrongfully fired after Hurricane Katrina shut down the city and its schools in 2005.
Judge Ethel Simms Julien awarded more than $1 million to seven people who filed the class-action suit against the New Orleans school board and the state. Her decision cleared the way for more damages to be awarded to an estimated 7,000 others.
It was not immediately clear whether the defendants - including the Orleans Parish School Board, the state school board and Department of Education and the state itself - would appeal.
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When one finds the population of an area .. your customer base going down ..
do you NOT 'downsize' .. the support services/staff?
(that is the reality of business .. when you don't have customers .. you don't need as much staffing)
This judge has a SERIOUS LACK of ability to apply 'common sense' here ..
(good grief .. this is going to once again fall on the backs of the Taxpayers .. of which the JUDGE is one) ..
There's NO 'vested' interests .. this is about downsizing to a new (and lower) population to provide the 'public school' services to ..
'Cuz I don't think white people's jobs are protected to such a degree.
If I'm wrong, it's only because this is typical, of late.
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With the population scattered and schools in no shape to open, the Orleans Parish School Board dismissed more than 7,000 teachers and other employees.
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