How many teachers have been displaced? How are such things as payroll and benefits being handled for them?
Approximately 4,900 teachers have been displaced. We have asked for federal assistance that would allow us to maintain payroll and benefits, but have not received an appropriation to date. Orleans Parish has placed all of its employees on “Disaster Leave” and all impacted districts have told their employees to apply for unemployment. For those students placed out of Louisiana, what arrangements can be made for them, re: test scores, immunization records, credits; socialization in the form of extracurricular activities? The Saturday after the storm the Department of Education began sending all operating school districts a database via overnight mail containing Student Information System (SIS) and Student Transcript System (STS) data. These databases include basic statistics including demographics, enrollment, discipline, high school transcripts, and class schedule information for public school students in the affected parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles
