Orleans Parish investigation underlines the need for School Board oversight.

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  • Source:
    New Orleans CityBusiness (1994 to 2008). 2/23/2004, Vol. 24 Issue 35, p24-24. 2/3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CHURCH schools; FRAUD; SCHOOL boards; EDUCATION policy
    • Subject Terms:
      NEW Orleans (La.); LOUISIANA; UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Comments on corruption in the Orleans Parish school system in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2004 as shown by the guilty pleas entered by former school insurance department manager Carl Coleman and contractor Jeff Pollitt involving $300,000 in kickbacks. Vindication for earlier audits that discovered nearly $30 million in misspent school money; Accountability of members of the school board on the issue; Need for supervision and assistance to straighten the financial procedures of the school board.