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Those who moved to New Orleans in recent years might be forgiven for not knowing the history of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), historically the most dysfunctional agency in a famously dysfunctional city. The board has gone through several superintendents and board presidents, perhaps the most notorious of whom was Ellenese Brooks-Simms, who was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for accepting bribes from convicted felon Mose Jefferson, who was peddling a math software program he wanted the OPSB to buy.? [ Read more ]

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