Fun with Payroll files of LDOE (and related entities)

I was asked to research into why a number of people at LDOE are suddenly getting promotions. Apparently over the last few months a dozen or so jobs have popped up on the Civil Service job posting site with very narrow application time frames (less than a week). These postings say they are only accepting internal applicants. Within a short time frame new folks go to new jobs with decent raises while the rest of the department goes another year without raises. It was hypothesized that this was being done to secretly reward and situate folks before John White left.

. . . last Friday LDOE posted a buttload; about 8. This is the most simultaneous postings I remember seeing. These are all higher ranking classified positions (mostly EPC 5s) on the Civil Service website. In fact one was posted Thursday and expires tomorrow at noon. These are mostly promotional so not open to external applicants. They were posted with only 5 calendar days (including the 2 weekend days) to apply. This was done to promote people internally – many of whom were recently brought in by this regime.  Looks like 1 or 2 are being promoted but doing the same work, but most of them are (EVEN MORE) brand new management positions.

And they continue to make jobs for their friends in the reform business. We can’t get a raise and they continue to make jobs for some. There is another reorg in motion with more (I think) than the allowed number of assistant supes. And yes there are interns all over. They even plan to have get togethers for them- I guess to brainwash. We’ve have a different one each year for the past 4 years.

I did not expect LDOE to be particularly forthcoming on furnishing me details about what was going on so I requested some payroll files for this year and last year from Civil Service. Those are public records and various local newspapers request and post salaries for all state workers from time to time in searchable databases.

In the Special School District there were no promotions and only 4 of the 105 employees they had employed on June 30^th of 2013 and June 30^th of 2014 received raises. It appears these were not based on promotions but some other factor external to the data I received. Possible factors are nepotism, favoritism, blackmail or bribery, new duties not encapsulated in their employment records and titles, or simply because these individuals have skills or knowledge that would be expensive to replace.

Personnel Area	Org Name	Classified / Unclassified	Employee Name	2014job	2013job	Hourly Pay Rate	Full-time / Part-time	2013pay	2014pay	dif
DOE-Special School Districts	Methodist Home for children	Unclassified	ANDERSON,ANITA D	INSTRUCTOR	INSTRUCTOR	38.07	Full-time	57,289.96	69,293.90	12003.94
DOE-Special School Districts	SSD SPECIAL EDUCATION	Unclassified	GRANGER,ANITA A	CONSULTANT	INSTRUCTOR	36.06	Full-time	70,000.06	75,000.12	5000.06
DOE-Special School Districts	SSD CENTRAL OFFICE	Unclassified	JONES,AVIS K	PARAEDUCATOR	PARAEDUCATOR	18.02	Full-time	32,802.90	37,481.60	4678.7
DOE-Special School Districts	SSD RI CENTRAL	Unclassified	PREJEAN,SHELANDA K	INSTRUCTOR	INSTRUCTOR	38.67	Full-time	67,029.82	70,381.22	3351.4

One of the reasons agencies are not supposed to limit raises to a very small subset (and to be completely transparent about how some folks get raises and others don’t) is out of concern for the first set of reasons becoming significant factors in retaining employees. Obviously situations where a slim subset of favored employees are getting special treatment is a form of corruption and not healthy for public or private entities. Prolonged use of these types of practices will leave us with agencies filled with employees getting jobs and keeping jobs strictly because of who they know, (not what they know or what they do.) Civil Service was established to ensure a fair playing field for State Employees and to prevent this exact good ole boys network – which historically was a serious problem for Louisiana. However despite Jindal’s ethics reform claims to fame, Civil Service has been abused and castrated under Bobby Jindal’s administration and is unable to ensure equitable and fair treatment for State employees in many cases – particularly in regards to hiring, firing(layoffs) and compensation. These types of exclusive compensation situations are a concern for me, and should be for you. I am not saying the 3% of employees that got raises (despite being in the same jobs) have done anything wrong but I have a feeling that at least some of 101 employees, the other 97%, deserved to make at least the same money when tied to the inflation index. What happens when you don’t pay your employees is you lose them, and with them all the money you invested in them and all their institutional knowledge – which is often irreplaceable. When you stop paying state employees competitive wages you are asking them to subsidize the government your elected officials have constructed.

This brain-drain happened at LDOE with significant consequences. Local funding is constantly being miscalculated, data is handled carelessly, disabled students are treated illegally and not protected, and opportunities for grand and costly mistakes become more likely – if not inevitable. Of course what also happens is that employees like myself and Tom Aswell at Louisiana Voice also leave and air our agencies dirty laundry, so maybe there are some upsides to the general public for abusing civil servants for political gains. J However I assure you this is a dangerous and unstable situation. I agree that we have probably have too much government in many areas in the State and Nation, but punishing folks that have dedicated their lives to serve you and your families is not the way to make things better for anyone. Many of the abuses, scandals and wastes in government are a result of the folks we elect, like failed Congressional candidate Neil Riser (who despite Jindal’s shady shenanigans lost to the Kissing Congressman Vance McAlister)who appears to have secretly passed a law to benefit the retirement of a personal friend, State Police Superintendent Edmonson, to the tune of 55,000 per year (nearly twice what most employed state workers make) Denying raises to most state employees, except favored ones, is like attempting to treat the symptoms of a scraped knee with sandpaper, instead of treating the root cause – which is often our elected officials voting for things we can’t or shouldn’t be paying for – like continuing to provide corporate welfare for corporations that fail to create the new jobs they promise, and pricy pension amendments for the well connected.

In the Recovery School District 34 of 169 employees received raises. The vast majority of these raises were not based on promotions but some other factors not revealed by the data. It appears one employee must have been on administrative leave and earned no salary in 2013 so they saw the biggest increase.

Personnel Area	Org Name	Classified / Unclassified	Employee Name	2014job	2013job	Hourly Pay Rate	Full-time / Part-time	2013pay	2014pay	dif
DOE-Recovery School District	GLEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL	Unclassified	WILLIAMS,LONTARRIS A	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	25.05	Full-time	0.00	52,107.90	52107.9
DOE-Recovery School District	ISTROUMA HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	BRISCO,ARNEISHA	RSD-ADMIN ASST PRINCIPAL	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	49.78	Full-time	75,000.12	103,541.88	28541.76
DOE-Recovery School District	BANNEKER ELEMENTARY	Unclassified	BAILEY,HIRAM W	RSD-ADMIN PRINCIPAL	RSD-ADMIN ASST PRINCIPAL	46.15	Full-time	65,000.00	90,000.04	25000.04
DOE-Recovery School District	GLEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL	Unclassified	BRYER,NYKEISHA T	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	RSD-TEACH ELEMENTARY	30.00	WAE	39,379.08	62,400.00	23020.92
DOE-Recovery School District	DALTON ELEMENTARY	Unclassified	DOMINO,BRIDGET A	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	RSD-PARAED REGULAR PROGRA	21.51	Full-time	22,922.90	44,742.10	21819.2
DOE-Recovery School District	REED HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	PEYTON,TERRI D	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	34.36	Full-time	48,568.00	66,999.92	18431.92
DOE-Recovery School District	SCHOOL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN	Unclassified	CAMBRIA,ANDREA C	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	48.08	Full-time	81,999.84	99,999.90	18000.06
DOE-Recovery School District	ISTROUMA HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	JORDAN,SHALANDA L	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	30.00	WAE	45,975.02	62,400.00	16424.98
DOE-Recovery School District	ISTROUMA HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	GORDON,DAMIAN G	RSD-ADMIN ASST PRINCIPAL	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	30.22	Full-time	47,607.82	62,862.28	15254.46
DOE-Recovery School District	REED HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	HORTON,KATRINA A	RSD-ADMIN PRINCIPAL	RSD-CLER OTHER PUPIL SUPP	48.72	Full-time	79,999.92	95,000.10	15000.18
DOE-Recovery School District	FINANCE	Unclassified	KEOGH,ROBERT W	RSD-OTHER BUILDINGS SERVI	RSD-OTHER BUILDINGS SERVI	36.06	Full-time	59,999.94	75,000.12	15000.18
DOE-Recovery School District	ST. HELENA MIDDLE SCHOOL	Unclassified	BOUDREAUX,FREDRICK	RSD-TEACH ELEMENTARY	RSD-TEACH ELEMENTARY	28.18	Full-time	45,975.02	58,618.30	12643.28
DOE-Recovery School District	INTERVENTION	Unclassified	MARTINEZ,MELIDA	RSD-ADMIN OTHER PUPIL SUP	RSD-ADMIN OTHER PUPIL SUP	32.46	Full-time	51,066.60	63,304.28	12237.68
DOE-Recovery School District	FINANCE	Unclassified	PAGANO,SHERRY M	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	29.57	Full-time	50,689.60	61,499.88	10810.28
DOE-Recovery School District	SERVICE AND OPERATIONS	Unclassified	DELCOUR,TIFFANY	RSD-ADMIN HEALTH SERVICES	RSD-ADMIN HEALTH SERVICES	43.28	Full-time	79,999.92	90,012.00	10012.08
DOE-Recovery School District	FINANCE	Unclassified	TEBELEFF,JONATHAN F	RSD-PROF BUDGET ANALYST	RSD-PROF BUDGET ANALYST	45.67	Full-time	84,999.98	95,000.10	10000.12
DOE-Recovery School District	FINANCE	Unclassified	LAIN,SHAVON	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	24.04	Full-time	39,999.96	50,000.08	10000.12
DOE-Recovery School District	SCHOOL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN	Unclassified	HANKINS,LONA E	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR	67.31	Full-time	131,248.00	139,999.86	8751.86
DOE-Recovery School District	COHEN HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	MAGEE,NICY L	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	24.97	Full-time	39,999.96	48,685.00	8685.04
DOE-Recovery School District	PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	GRAINER,AIMEE K	RSD-ADMIN OTHER PUPIL SUP	RSD-ADMIN OTHER PUPIL SUP	28.85	Full-time	52,499.98	59,999.94	7499.96
DOE-Recovery School District	INTERVENTION	Unclassified	MOORE,JAMES	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	36.06	Full-time	68,250.00	75,010.00	6760
DOE-Recovery School District	ISTROUMA HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	TURNER,MICAH	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	24.04	Full-time	43,535.96	50,000.08	6464.12
DOE-Recovery School District	HUMAN RESOURCES	Unclassified	ILLIDGE,IVAN	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	36.06	Full-time	69,999.80	75,010.00	5010.2
DOE-Recovery School District	PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	MOGG,LAURA L	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	RSD-ADMIN REGULAR PROGRAM	48.08	Full-time	94,999.84	100,009.00	5009.16
DOE-Recovery School District	SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES	Unclassified	CRAYTON,LERONE	RSD-CLER OTHER SPEC PROGR	RSD-CLER OTHER SPEC PROGR	38.46	Full-time	75,000.12	80,002.00	5001.88
DOE-Recovery School District	RSD-LA	Unclassified	BARKER,KRISTINE A	RSD-CLER OTHER SPEC PROGR	RSD-CLER OTHER SPEC PROGR	38.46	Full-time	74,999.86	80,000.18	5000.32
DOE-Recovery School District	ENROLLMENT	Unclassified	CRAVENS,WILLIAM F	RSD-OTHER PARENTAL INVOLV	RSD-OTHER PARENTAL INVOLV	19.23	Full-time	34,999.90	39,988.00	4988.1
DOE-Recovery School District	SAFETY AND SECURITY	Unclassified	SWAIN,LONNIE H	RSD-OTHER SECURITY	RSD-OTHER SECURITY	40.00	WAE	78,749.84	83,200.00	4450.16
DOE-Recovery School District	EARLY LEARNING CENTER	Unclassified	WASHINGTON,JANET L	PARAEDUCATOR	RSD-PARAED PRE K	10.26	Full-time	15,555.28	19,999.98	4444.7
DOE-Recovery School District	ANALYTICS	Unclassified	LEWIS,DARREN J	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	RSD-OTHER IT	12.00	WAE	20,800.00	24,960.00	4160
DOE-Recovery School District	SERVICE AND OPERATIONS	Unclassified	FOREST,DALEAN	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	RSD-ADMIN BUSINESS OFFICI	27.16	Full-time	53,999.92	56,500.08	2500.16
DOE-Recovery School District	SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE	Unclassified	USAND,PAMELA N	RSD-CLER CHIEF OFFICERS	RSD-CLER CHIEF OFFICERS	26.56	Full-time	52,737.88	55,237.78	2499.9
DOE-Recovery School District	POINTE COUPEE HIGH SCHOOL	Unclassified	JOHNIGAN,CLEOTHA	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	19.35	Full-time	39,138.06	40,246.96	1108.9
DOE-Recovery School District	GLEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL	Unclassified	KING,ROBYN L	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	RSD-ADMIN OTHER SPEC PROG	11.54	Full-time	23,400.00	24,000.08	600.08

At BESE it appears every employee, except the Director, Heather Cope, received approximately a 3.5% increase. At least one educational entity is playing fair.

Personnel Area	Org Name	Classified / Unclassified	Employee Name	2014job	2013job	Hourly Pay Rate	Full-time / Part-time	2013pay	2014pay	dif
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF / BE	Unclassified	MARTIN,DARIA P	ADMINISTRATOR	ADMINISTRATOR	35.00	Full-time	70,000.06	72,800.00	2799.94
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF / BE	Unclassified	BORCHGREVINK,ALISON N	ANALYST	ANALYST	33.50	Full-time	66,999.92	69,680.00	2680.08
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	8(G) PROGRAMS	Classified	BUTLER,DEBRA A	AUDITOR 3	AUDITOR 3	33.40	Full-time	66,809.60	69,472.00	2662.4
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	8(G) PROGRAMS	Unclassified	TRIPEAUX,KIMBERLY V	ADMINISTRATOR	ADMINISTRATOR	43.15	Full-time	87,131.20	89,752.00	2620.8
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	EDUCATION ADMIN / ADMIN P	Unclassified	DAVIS,SHAN N	ADMINISTRATOR	ADMINISTRATOR	36.05	Full-time	72,800.00	74,984.00	2184
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF / BE	Unclassified	FORD,NINA A	ADMINISTRATOR	ADMINISTRATOR	33.66	Full-time	67,974.40	70,012.80	2038.4
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	8(G) PROGRAMS	Unclassified	TIMOLL,DAVID S	MANAGER	MANAGER	31.94	Full-time	64,500.02	66,435.20	1935.18
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	LEGIS FINANCE / ADMIN PRO	Classified	PETIT,ABIGAIL S	ADMIN COORD 4	ADMIN COORD 4	23.44	Full-time	46,883.20	48,755.20	1872
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	CHARTER SCHOOLS / ADMIN P	Unclassified	KEMPE,ANDREW	ADMINISTRATOR	ADMINISTRATOR	28.72	Full-time	58,000.02	59,737.60	1737.58
SSC-Bd Elem & Secondary Edu	ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF / BE	Unclassified	COLLIER,DOROTHY L	EXEC ADM ASST	EXEC ADM ASST	25.50	Full-time	51,500.02	53,040.00	1539.98

 

Frankly I’ve never worked anywhere that did not provide raises or bonuses at least annually and I would not stay anywhere that did not at least keep up with inflation. I have a family and couldn’t afford it as I’m sure most of these state workers do too. I’ve gotten raises or bonuses more frequently in the public sector jobs where I’ve been employed. Of course you probably don’t need a raise for a while if you come in making close to or over six figures – with just a couple years of experience as many of John White’s hires often do.

This discovery has made me wonder what DOA (Jindal’s right hand) and the Governor’s office is doing so I shall inquire there next for comparison purposes. . .

Of course most of you probably clicked on this link to find out about LDOE. I would be remiss to leave you without answering some of your questions. I can’t be sure, but I did not find a lot of evidence to support the claim that TFA types are reaping all the rewards of the latest slew of promotions and salary increases. (That’s not to say they aren’t already well and perhaps overly compensated) I actually recognize several of the names of those who were promoted (several paygrades.) In some cases this is most likely a necessary result of the vast purges LDOE did since John White took office. After the dust settled, John White and his staff discovered they had done such a good job eliminating mid-level managers that they actually had very few left to handle the day to day operations. Most of those getting promotions probably are doing much the same jobs as they were before, because they were probably acting as the senior staffers in those positions due to the lack of any other experienced staff left. LDOE hires numerous “executive” managers and assistant superintendents and directors from the ranks of TFA and the politically connected, but those folks are vastly unqualified for the positions they are placed in. This is why you won’t find an up-to-date phone list or e-mail listing for most of these groups, because they aren’t capable of answering questions on their own and need to consult with the few experienced LDOE employees left behind. To ameliorate this situation for school districts concerned citizens I have decided to provide a listing of all employees for LDOE sorted by workgroup and salary. It’s amazing how close this is to precisely defining organizational structure of LDOE. For those of you wishing to correspond with these folks directly you contact use the help line (Call Us: 877-453-2721 (toll-free))
to ask for these “leaders” directly, or you can send them an e-mail. About 90% of the agency’s email addresses are defined as first.last@la.gov . For instance, mine e-mail was Jason.france@la.gov and John White’s e-mail is john.white@la.gov (although he has his executive assistant answer or ignore all his e-mails for him.)

Without further ado:

LDOE Raises (difference between June 30 2013 and June 30 2014) Source Civil Service

Org Name	Classified / Unclassified	Employee Name	2014job	2013job	Hourly Pay Rate	Full-time / Part-time	2013pay	2014pay	dif
ASSESSMENTS	Classified	BALLET,CIDNAE	ADMIN COORD 4	STUDENT	16.83	Full-time	8,112.00	34,999.90	26887.9
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Classified	MERRILL,PATRICIA W	ADMIN COORD 4	ADMIN COORD 4	20.00	Full-time	20,800.00	41,600.00	20800
ACCOUNTABILITY	Unclassified	BAGHIAN,JESSICA T	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	FELLOW	52.88	Full-time	90,000.04	110,000.02	19999.98
TALENT	Classified	NORMAND,RACHEL E	EDUC INFO CONS 2	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	22.99	Full-time	29,016.00	47,808.80	18792.8
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	SCHUTTE,MARIAN L	DIRECTOR	COORDINATOR	36.06	Full-time	59,999.94	75,000.12	15000.18
ASSESSMENTS	Classified	DEVINE,NOAH B	EXEC MGMT OFF 2	ADVISOR	36.06	Full-time	59,999.94	75,000.12	15000.18
PUBLIC AFFAIRS	Unclassified	LANDRY,BARRY C	PRESS SECRETARY	PRESS SECRETARY	40.87	Full-time	70,000.06	84,999.98	14999.92
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	HANLEY,JOHN A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	39.14	Full-time	71,406.40	81,411.20	10004.8
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	COMEAUX,MICHAEL C	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	COORDINATOR	38.46	Full-time	70,000.06	79,999.92	9999.86
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	ZONG,ZHANYING	EDUC RES ANAL MGR	EDUC RES ANAL 3	38.63	Full-time	70,491.20	80,350.40	9859.2
EARLY CHILDHOOD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT	Classified	STARNS,IVY B	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	37.15	Full-time	67,787.20	77,272.00	9484.8
STU PROG-21ST CENTURY COMM LRN CENTERS	Classified	PIERCE,KENYA J	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	35.72	Full-time	65,166.40	74,297.60	9131.2
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	JOSEPH,JAWANZA H	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 1	AUDITOR 2	24.87	Full-time	43,742.40	51,729.60	7987.2
TALENT	Classified	MAINIERO,MELISSA T	EXEC MGMT OFF 2	EDUC PROG CONS 3	37.70	Full-time	70,964.92	78,416.00	7451.08
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	MCKINNEY,ELLYN T	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	41.80	Full-time	79,518.40	86,945.04	7426.64
HUMAN RESOURCES	Classified	JACKSON,MARTRESACA	HR ANALYST A	ADMIN COORD 4	20.00	Full-time	34,320.00	41,600.00	7280
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	JAMES-MAXIE,DANA	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	EDUC TECH CONS	36.01	Full-time	67,787.20	74,900.80	7113.6
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	SAUCIER,PATRICE P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	DIRECTOR	41.80	Full-time	79,919.84	86,945.04	7025.2
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Classified	PATEL,JIGNASHA	EXEC STAFF OFFICER	CONSULTANT	29.80	Full-time	54,999.88	61,984.00	6984.12
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	TALLEY,DANA S	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	TEAM MEMBER	41.80	Full-time	79,999.92	86,945.04	6945.12
CONTENT-CURRICULAR RESOURCES	Classified	BUCKLE,MARCIE C	EDUC PROG CONS 4	EDUC PROG CONS 3	34.62	Full-time	65,166.40	72,008.82	6842.42
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	WEBB,SHENOA T	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	41.80	Full-time	80,121.60	86,945.04	6823.44
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	GROTSMA,DAISY A	CHILD DEV SUPV	PROGRAM SPECIALIST/SOC SV	24.66	Full-time	44,999.76	51,292.80	6293.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	ROBERTS,TERI P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	41.80	Full-time	81,016.00	86,945.04	5929.04
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	WHEALDON,WHITNEY R	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	EDUC PROG CONS 4	37.04	Full-time	72,009.60	77,050.22	5040.62
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA MONITORING	Classified	SPARKS,MELODIE A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	36.92	Full-time	71,760.00	76,793.60	5033.6
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	DICKERSON,CARLOS A	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 4	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 3	36.90	Full-time	71,739.20	76,752.00	5012.8
HUMAN RESOURCES-OPERATIONS	Classified	REED,MONITA	HR MAN A	HR SUP	34.41	Full-time	66,892.80	71,572.80	4680
PORTFOLIO	Classified	GODCHAUX,HEIDI L	ADMIN COORD 2	STUDENT	12.00	WAE	7,904.00	12,480.00	4576
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	GUILLORY,TRISTEN	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	33.44	Full-time	65,000.00	69,555.20	4555.2
FINANCE-ED FIN-MIN FOUND PROG/CHARTER SC	Classified	MATTHEW,ZALINSKY Z	BUDGET ANALYST 3	BUDGET ANALYST 2	22.82	Full-time	42,952.00	47,465.60	4513.6
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS ADMINISTRATION	Classified	COATES,GIDGET M	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	32.58	Full-time	63,336.00	67,766.40	4430.4
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	CLINTON,DANNA S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	31.51	Full-time	61,256.00	65,540.80	4284.8
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	JUDY,KATHLEEN B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	31.51	Full-time	61,256.00	65,540.80	4284.8
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	STRANGE,LELA F	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUCATIONAL ASST	28.97	WAE	26,000.00	30,128.80	4128.8
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	LEGIER,SHANNA K	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	28.97	Full-time	56,305.60	60,247.20	3941.6
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	BECK,JAMIE N	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 2	28.96	Full-time	56,305.60	60,236.80	3931.2
EXEC OFF	Classified	GAUTIER,NATALIE A	ADMIN COORD 2	STUDENT	12.00	WAE	8,632.00	12,480.00	3848
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	HILL,MICHELLE S	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 2	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 1	26.61	Full-time	51,729.60	55,348.80	3619.2

 

LDOE unRaises (difference between June 30 2013 and June 30 2014) Source Civil Service

Org Name	Classified / Unclassified	Employee Name	2014job	2013job	Hourly Pay Rate	Full-time / Part-time	2013pay	2014pay	dif
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	TONGUIS,PAULA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	INFO SYSTEM DIRECTOR	34.12	Full-time	75,000.12	70,964.40	-4035.72
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	HARRIS,KAKEISHA R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	TEAM MEMBER	34.12	Full-time	79,999.92	70,964.40	-9035.52
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	FONTENOT,MICHELLE L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	TEAM MEMBER	34.12	Full-time	79,999.92	70,964.40	-9035.52
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	BARBER,SHEILA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	TEAM MEMBER	34.12	Full-time	79,999.92	70,964.40	-9035.52
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	LAVESPERE,REBECCA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	EDUC PROG CONS 3	31.34	Part-time	65,187.20	48,890.40	-16296.8
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	SPEWAK,THERESA C	STUDENT	RSD-TEACH SECONDARY	20.00	Part-time	43,535.96	20,800.00	-22736
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	LEFKOWITH,DAVID J	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR	48.08	Full-time	145,999.88	99,999.90	-46000

 

LDOE Directory as of June 30, 2014 (Sorted by Org Name + Annual Pay Descending) Source Civil Service

Org Name	Classified / Unclassified	Employee Name	Job Title	Annual Pay Rate
ACCOUNTABILITY	Unclassified	BAGHIAN,JESSICA T	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	110,000.02
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	ZONG,ZHANYING	EDUC RES ANAL MGR	80,350.40
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	BISHOP,JOHN P	EDUC PROG CONS 2	73,548.80
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	PURNELL,THELMA C	EDUC PROG CONS 2	72,217.60
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	LI,LIXIA	EDUC RES ANAL 3	70,491.20
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	LIU,LI	EDUC RES ANAL 3	70,491.20
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	JENKINS,ERICA Y	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	BAIRD,JENNIFER B	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	42,504.80
ACCOUNTABILITY	Unclassified	ZHANG,YONGGANG	STUDENT	20,800.00
ACCOUNTABILITY	Unclassified	DYSON,JADELYN A	STUDENT	10,400.00
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	NESMITH,KIMBERLY D	EDUC TECH SR CONS	77,937.60
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	SCHULENBERG,ALLEN G	EDUC PROG CONS 4	76,772.80
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	TONGUIS,PAULA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	LAMURY,REBECCA	EDUC INFO CONS MGR	70,000.06
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	FABRE,VAN N	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,000.00
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	WILKINSON,CRYSTAL B	EDUC RES ANAL 3	65,000.00
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	LIU,YANXI	EDUC RES ANAL 3	62,660.00
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	EDGAR,JENNIFER	EDUC INFO CONS 3	54,735.20
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	LEWIS,JACQUELINE E	EDUC INFO CONS 3	54,735.20
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	RANDALL,SHERRY D	EDUC INFO CONS 3	54,735.20
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Unclassified	YANG,LU D	STUDENT	20,800.00
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Classified	DABNEY,ANDREA D	ADMIN COORD 4	13,384.80
ANALYTICS-DATA MANAGEMENT	Unclassified	LOUPE,KAYLIE N	STUDENT	10,608.00
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	BOUDREAUX,LAURA L	EDUC RES ANAL MGR	80,371.20
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	GUNNING,STEPHEN A	EDUC RES ANAL 3	74,464.00
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	WU,LISHA	EDUC RES ANAL 3	73,034.00
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	COLLIER,MICHAEL W	EDUC RES ANAL 3	72,092.80
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	KNOX,ROSA M	EDUC RES ANAL 3	71,000.02
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	TRAHAN,WANDA A	EDUC RES ANAL 3	70,491.20
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	RIDGE,JAMIE B	EDUC RES ANAL 3	67,787.20
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	SOTHIRAJAH,JAYANTHI	EDUC RES ANAL 3	62,660.00
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	ZANOVEC,MICHAEL T	EDUC RES ANAL 3	62,660.00
ANALYTICS-STRATEGIC RESEARCH ANALYTICS	Classified	POSEY,JOSHUA C	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
ASSESSMENTS	Unclassified	MORRISON,WILLIAM D	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	119,999.88
ASSESSMENTS	Classified	DEVINE,NOAH B	EXEC MGMT OFF 2	75,000.12
ASSESSMENTS	Classified	LESAGE,KIMBERLY N	EDUC PROG CONS 3	62,649.60
ASSESSMENTS	Classified	BALLET,CIDNAE	ADMIN COORD 4	34,999.90
ASSESSMENTS	Unclassified	POLLARD,DAWNIELLE J	STUDENT	15,600.00
ASSESSMENTS	Unclassified	HALL,AYANNA E	STUDENT	10,400.00
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS ADMINISTRATION	Classified	KAHN,SUSAN N	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	72,009.60
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS ADMINISTRATION	Classified	COATES,GIDGET M	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,766.40
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS ADMINISTRATION	Classified	BRADFORD,KRISTINA C	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,496.00
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	SIBLEY,JAN L	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	77,230.40
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	CLINTON,DANNA S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,540.80
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	JUDY,KATHLEEN B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,540.80
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	MCADAMS,MICHELLE	EDUC PROG CONS 3	60,247.98
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	BECK,JAMIE N	EDUC PROG CONS 3	60,236.80
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS DEVELOPMENT	Classified	STRANGE,LELA F	EDUC PROG CONS 3	30,128.80
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS RESEARCH	Classified	YUAN,XIUJUAN	EDUC RES ANAL MGR	80,350.40
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS RESEARCH	Classified	HOLLAY,MARIEANNE E	EDUC RES ANAL 3	70,491.20
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS RESEARCH	Classified	FREDERICK,REBECCA G	EDUC RES ANAL 3	67,787.20
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS RESEARCH	Classified	HOPKINS,DAVID W	EDUC RES ANAL 3	67,787.20
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS RESEARCH	Classified	ZHANG,MEIQIN	EDUC RES ANAL 3	65,416.00
ASSESSMENTS-ASSESS RESEARCH	Unclassified	LU,YAXIN	STUDENT	20,800.00
CONTENT	Unclassified	BRADFORD,KENNETH A	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	110,000.02
CONTENT	Unclassified	KOCKLER,REBECCA	CHIEF OF STAFF	95,000.10
CONTENT	Classified	FALLS,JENNIFER A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	87,297.60
CONTENT	Classified	ALEXANDER,LARRY W	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,945.04
CONTENT	Classified	NECAISE,SHARON L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,000.00
CONTENT	Classified	WALD,MELINDA R	ADMIN ASST 4	41,516.80
CONTENT	Unclassified	GRAY,TRITTNEY R	STUDENT	7,696.00
CONTENT	Unclassified	LEICK,HALLY	STUDENT	7,540.00
CONTENT	Unclassified	SWIFT,INDIA	STUDENT	7,540.00
CONTENT-CAREER EDUCATION	Unclassified	FRENCH,LISA T	MANAGER	95,000.10
CONTENT-CAREER EDUCATION	Classified	MOORE,MARTHA M	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
CONTENT-CAREER EDUCATION	Classified	BERTUCCI,BRYAN J	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,000.00
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	WHEALDON,WHITNEY R	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	77,050.22
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	JAMES-MAXIE,DANA	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	74,900.80
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	SESSIONS,CAROLYN S	EDUC PROG CONS 4	74,880.00
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	BOUDWIN,MANDY S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,969.60
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	GUILLORY,TRISTEN	EDUC PROG CONS 3	69,555.20
CONTENT-COMMON CORE	Classified	JOHNSON,CHANDA	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,000.00
CONTENT-COURSE CHOICE ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	MURPHY,MARGO	EDUC TECH CONS	80,350.40
CONTENT-COURSE CHOICE ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	MARCUM,STEPHANIE H	EDUC TECH SR CONS	77,272.00
CONTENT-COURSE CHOICE ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	THOMAS,TIFFANY A	EDUC TECH CONS	70,491.20
CONTENT-COURSE CHOICE ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	GAUTHIER,DIANNE R	EDUC TECH CONS	67,787.20
CONTENT-COURSE CHOICE ACCOUNTABILITY	Classified	POSEY,KRISTINA L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,745.60
CONTENT-COURSE CHOICE OPERATIONS	Classified	SINGLETON,ERNISE S	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	80,704.00
CONTENT-CURRICULAR RESOURCES	Classified	BOBBETT,JACQUELINE	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	78,748.80
CONTENT-CURRICULAR RESOURCES	Classified	BUCKLE,MARCIE C	EDUC PROG CONS 4	72,008.82
CONTENT-CURRICULAR RESOURCES	Classified	NEFF,BRENDA G	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
CONTENT-CURRICULAR RESOURCES	Classified	BAIN,ZOA N	ADMIN COORD 2	32,052.80
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Classified	CRAIG,SUSANNAH F	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	80,828.80
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Classified	BESTE,DAVID G	EDUC PROG CONS 2	73,361.60
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Classified	FARMER,ANDREA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	71,760.00
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Classified	JOHNSON,MARIAN E	EDUC PROG CONS 2	66,331.20
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Classified	HAMMATT,TERRI L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Classified	WILSON,ANN E	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
CONTENT-STANDARDS	Unclassified	SCHAFF,CAROLINE M	STUDENT	7,540.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT	Unclassified	HENDERSON,MARIE Y	CHIEF OF STAFF	95,000.10
DISTRICT SUPPORT	Classified	ERICKSON,MONA G	EDUC PROG CONS 3	68,411.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT	Classified	ROBICHEAUX,BETHANY R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	66,268.80
DISTRICT SUPPORT	Classified	BEARD,BERTHA M	ADMIN ASST 5	44,512.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT	Classified	BROWN,RENE L	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	43,763.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT	Unclassified	LARK,CATHERINE R	STUDENT MGT 1 INTERN	10,400.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Unclassified	LASTER,KERRY P	LIAISON OFFICER	155,000.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	SIMMONS,DAVID E	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	95,000.10
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	MCKINNEY,ELLYN T	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,945.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	CARROLL,JO W	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,969.60
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	MAPLE,MARTHA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,969.60
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	SMITH,ANN N	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,969.60
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	HOLLIDAY,JANET	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.92
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	BROWN,BRIGET A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	HENRY,ANGELA R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Classified	LAVESPERE,REBECCA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	48,890.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 1	Unclassified	WHEELER,ASHTON B	STUDENT	7,696.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Unclassified	STILLEY,MELISSA	LIAISON OFFICER	135,000.06
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	ROBERTS,TERI P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,945.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	TALLEY,DANA S	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,945.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	BARHAM,MARY A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,969.60
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	BARBER,SHEILA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	WALKER,SHEILA F	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	SMITH,JEANANNE	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,600.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	HEARD,ALLEN T	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	LACAZE,DEBORAH A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	FREELAND,REBECCA K	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,000.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	SHARP,SARA S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	63,003.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	WHITE,SERENA R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	63,003.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 2	Classified	MCCLARY,SANDRA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	39,520.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Unclassified	DRAKE,HOWARD W	LIAISON OFFICER	160,000.10
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	DIXON,DEBRA D	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	89,460.80
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	WEBB,SHENOA T	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,945.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	CORLEY,CLAY J	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,944.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	ALEXANDER,KURICHESES D	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	CRAIN,SHERILYN J	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	DOUZART,ELIZABETH H	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	WILD,MONIQUE D	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	JOHNSON,TAMARA	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.92
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	BECH,ANGELA K	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	RODRIGUEZ,GABRIEL R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,998.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	FOOT,JENNIFER I	EDUC PROG CONS 3	61,505.60
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 3	Classified	CRAFT,BRIDGET	EDUC PROG CONS 3	60,999.90
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Unclassified	TOUCHET,FRANCIS	LIAISON OFFICER	130,000.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	THERIOT,GREGORY P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	95,000.10
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	MENDOZA,PATRICIA A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,944.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	HYPOLITE,TRACY L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	LANCELIN,DAVITA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	WHITE-STEIN,TESSIE A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	BUTLER,CORY L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	FONTENOT,MICHELLE L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	ADAMS,VICKI S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	SMITH,LEE A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	TRAHAN,CARLA	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 4	Classified	BROWN,MALIKA L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,000.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Unclassified	SLOAN,GAYLE G	LIAISON OFFICER	160,000.10
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	THIBODEAUX,RALPH D	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	97,000.02
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	SAUCIER,PATRICE P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	86,945.04
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	MYERS,GWENDOLYN M	EDUC PROG CONS 3	79,996.80
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	OLIVIER,NANETTE M	EDUC PROG CONS 3	78,374.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	ANCAR,ALISHIA R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	DIAMOND,RENE L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	74,006.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	MAY-BRETT,JEAN	EDUC PROG CONS 3	72,030.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	HARRIS,KAKEISHA R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.40
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	MARINO,STACY B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	ST ROMAIN,CATHERINE B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	TOUPS,DEBORAH H	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	STRAUSS,ELAINE G	EDUC PROG CONS 3	66,331.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	HARLAN,SHELBA JANE P	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-NETWORK 5	Classified	LAUTERBACH,APRIL W	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
DISTRICT SUPPORT-STRIV READRS COMP LIT	Unclassified	SLACK,JILL B	DIRECTOR	123,999.98
DISTRICT SUPPORT-STRIV READRS COMP LIT	Classified	HANDY,MICHELLE B	EDUC PROG CONS 4	86,528.00
DISTRICT SUPPORT-TEACHER ADVANCEM PRGM	Unclassified	TALAMO,SHEILA S	EDUCATIONAL DIR	97,000.02
DISTRICT SUPPORT-TEACHER ADVANCEM PRGM	Classified	HONORE,NICOLE J	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	90,251.20
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Unclassified	CONWAY,JENNIFER L	FELLOW	99,999.90
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Unclassified	LITTLE,DEREK G	FELLOW	84,999.98
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Classified	BROCHARD,LISA G	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	78,748.80
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Classified	PATEL,JIGNASHA	EXEC STAFF OFFICER	61,984.00
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Classified	MARTIN,STEPHANIE C	ADMIN ASST 5	44,200.00
EARLY CHILDHOOD	Classified	ALLEN,DEMITA C	ADMIN COORD 4	29,764.80
EARLY CHILDHOOD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT	Classified	STARNS,IVY B	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	77,272.00
EARLY CHILDHOOD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT	Classified	PALMER,PATSY S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	71,198.40
EARLY CHILDHOOD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT	Classified	RAMAGOS,CYNTHIA O	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
EARLY CHILDHOOD-ACADEMIC SUPPORT	Classified	ASHFORD,ANITA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,766.40
EARLY CHILDHOOD-HEAD START	Classified	WAHID,KAHREE A	CHILD DEV CONS	73,112.00
EARLY CHILDHOOD-HEAD START	Classified	LENORE,EUGENIA W	PROGRAM SPECIALIST/SOC SV	38,584.00
EARLY CHILDHOOD-LEADERSHIP SUPPORT	Classified	EICHLER,KAYE B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.92
EARLY CHILDHOOD-PORTFOLIO	Classified	JOHNSON,NICHOLY A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,766.40
EARLY CHILDHOOD-PORTFOLIO	Classified	BRADFORD,LAURA L	EDUC PROG CONS 2	56,305.60
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	FUTCH,PAMELA D	LICENSING SPEC 2	67,475.20
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	SETTOON,JACINTA S	CHILD DEV CONS	61,859.20
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	LONGMYLE,LAVONSELLE M	LICENSING SPEC 2	56,908.80
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	GROTSMA,DAISY A	CHILD DEV SUPV	51,292.80
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	HENDERSON,TELLA M	LICENSING SPEC 2	47,999.90
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	SMITH,MARY J	LICENSING SPEC 2	44,990.40
EARLY CHILDHOOD-QUALITY RATING SYS	Classified	BAYLOT,TARA T	ADMIN COORD 4	30,846.40
EXEC OFF	Unclassified	WHITE,JOHN	STATE SUPERINTEN	275,000.18
EXEC OFF	Unclassified	NARECHANIA,KUNJAN	CHIEF OF STAFF	145,000.18
EXEC OFF	Unclassified	JONES,GARY	EXECUTIVE OFFICER	144,999.92
EXEC OFF	Unclassified	LAIRD,ELIZABETH M	FELLOW	97,999.98
EXEC OFF	Unclassified	THOMAS,VICKY	CONFIDENTIAL ASST	90,000.04
EXEC OFF	Classified	MAYERS,CHRISTINE T	ADMIN ASST 6	52,312.00
EXEC OFF	Classified	WILLIAMS,MELISSA D	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	32,593.60
EXEC OFF	Classified	GAUTIER,NATALIE A	ADMIN COORD 2	12,480.00
FINANCE	Unclassified	SCIONEAUX,ELIZABETH C	DPY SUPERINTENDANT	132,830.88
FINANCE	Classified	GUIDRY,SHEILA L	EXEC MGMT OFF 3	95,000.10
FINANCE	Classified	MCDONALD,LUCILLE H	ADMIN COORD 4	47,216.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	OTT,MARK T	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 3	71,489.60
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	TOWNLEY,ROXIE S	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 1	67,808.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	SIMS,PATRICIA D	ACCOUNTANT 3	57,241.60
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	SCOTT,CHERYL W	ACCOUNTANT 3	54,121.60
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	WILLIAMS,PRISCILLA R	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 1	52,707.20
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	LEONARD,SHAUN B	ACCOUNTANT 3	52,624.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	WILCOX,JANICE M	ACCOUNTANT 3	52,312.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	JEANPIERRE,TAMECA M	ACCOUNTANT 3	43,742.40
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	CHEATHAM,MARY A	ACCOUNTANT 2	38,188.80
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	MALLARD,TREECE M	ACCOUNTANT 2	36,732.80
FINANCE-APP CONT-EXPENDITURE CONTROL	Classified	TROXLER,CAROL A	ACCOUNTING TECH	33,363.20
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	DICKERSON,CARLOS A	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 4	76,752.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	NORTON,CHRISTOPHER G	BUDGET ANALYST 3	57,200.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	DALTON,ANNETTE Q	ACCOUNTANT 4	56,534.40
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	RANKINS,BRENDA L	ACCOUNTANT 3	55,432.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	HILL,MICHELLE S	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 2	55,348.80
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	SLEDGE,JANE F	ADMIN PROG MGR 2	54,912.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	DUNCAN,SHERRY J	BUDGET ANALYST 3	54,080.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	JOSEPH,JAWANZA H	ACCOUNTANT MANAGER 1	51,729.60
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	MCGARY,AUGUSTINE B	BUDGET ANALYST 3	44,990.40
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	XU,LAN	ACCOUNTANT 3	43,742.40
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	SOLAR,JANE R	ACCOUNTING TECH	43,201.60
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	RUMFOLA,LORI A	ADMIN PROG SPEC B	38,750.40
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	THREETON,DEBRA H	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	37,856.00
FINANCE-APP CONT-FINANCIAL MGMT	Classified	SPEARS,DEVAN A	ADMIN COORD 2	23,982.40
FINANCE-APP CTRL-FED FLOW THRU PAY	Classified	GONZALES,SUSAN D	ACCOUNTANT 3	48,339.20
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	JEWELL,LESLIE L	ACCOUNTANT ADMIN 4	80,724.80
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	GORDON,TONI J	PROCUREMENT DIR 3	71,032.00
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	KIRUMBA,ANDREA C	ACCOUNTANT 4	53,144.00
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	EVANS,KAREN L	PROCUREMENT MGR 1 EXMPT	50,564.80
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	BEESON,THELMA A	PROCUREMENT SPEC 3	42,744.00
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	SHELTON,LASHAUNA C	PROCUREMENT SPEC 4 EXEMPT	37,778.00
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	ZEIGLER,LINDA B	PROCUREMENT SPEC 3	36,857.60
FINANCE-APPROPRIATION CONTROL	Classified	HICKMAN,WILLIAM	CONTR/GNTS REV 2	33,363.20
FINANCE-C.J. PICARD ED/REC CENTER	Classified	TINDALL,WILLIAM R	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	95,659.20
FINANCE-C.J. PICARD ED/REC CENTER	Classified	HOWARD,SARAH	FOOD SVC SPEC 1	7,540.00
FINANCE-C.J. PICARD ED/REC CENTER	Classified	JACKSON,JOHNNIE M	FOOD SVC SPEC 1	7,540.00
FINANCE-C.J. PICARD ED/REC CENTER	Classified	KIDDER,MELINDA J	FOOD SVC SPEC 1	7,540.00
FINANCE-C.J. PICARD ED/REC CENTER	Classified	LEGER,ALICE F	FOOD SVC SPEC 1	7,540.00
FINANCE-C.J. PICARD ED/REC CENTER	Classified	YOUNG,MAY B	FOOD SVC SPEC 1	7,540.00
FINANCE-ED FIN-AUDITING	Classified	GEORGE,DORTHA L	AUDIT MANAGER	68,203.20
FINANCE-ED FIN-AUDITING	Classified	HENDERSON,JAMEKA L	AUDITOR SUPERVISOR	59,675.20
FINANCE-ED FIN-AUDITING	Classified	JASON,NAKIA	AUDITOR SUPERVISOR	59,488.00
FINANCE-ED FIN-AUDITING	Classified	LIVIOUS,MONIQUE A	AUDITOR 3	51,729.60
FINANCE-ED FIN-AUDITING	Classified	JONES,SATOIYA R	AUDITOR 3	48,339.20
FINANCE-ED FIN-AUDITING	Classified	WILLIAMS,KEYA D	AUDITOR 4	48,276.80
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	GRANIER,KATHERINE R	BUDGET ADMIN 2	77,001.60
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	BROUSSARD,DEBORAH	BUDGET MANAGER	63,876.80
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	BAXTER,JOHN W	BUDGET MANAGER	60,008.00
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	HARPER,JOHN N	BUDGET ANALYST 3	56,492.80
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	MATTHEWS,RASHAUNDA S	BUDGET ADMIN 1	55,348.80
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	LAMONTE,KIMBRA K	BUDGET MANAGER	49,857.60
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	CUTRER,JULIE A	BUDGET ANALYST 2	47,486.40
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	ANDING,GEORGE K	BUDGET ANALYST 3	42,224.00
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	PROSPERIE,SHERRIE L	BUDGET ANALYST 2	39,894.40
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	STAMPS-DHANRAJ,ALEESHA M	BUDGET ANALYST 1	38,001.60
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	BRAR,INDERPREET K	BUDGET ANALYST 1	34,694.40
FINANCE-ED FIN-BUDGETING	Classified	STANDIGE,BRADLEY L	BUDGET ANALYST 1	34,694.40
FINANCE-ED FIN-MIN FOUND PROG/CHARTER SC	Classified	MATHERNE,PAULA B	BUDGET ADMIN 2	70,304.00
FINANCE-ED FIN-MIN FOUND PROG/CHARTER SC	Classified	RUIZ,MELANIE E	BUDGET ANALYST 3	54,995.20
FINANCE-ED FIN-MIN FOUND PROG/CHARTER SC	Classified	MCCARVY,KAREN W	BUDGET ANALYST 3	48,588.80
FINANCE-ED FIN-MIN FOUND PROG/CHARTER SC	Classified	MATTHEW,ZALINSKY Z	BUDGET ANALYST 3	47,465.60
FINANCE-EDUCATION FINANCE	Classified	STEVENS,CHARLOTTE D	BUDGET ADMIN 3	83,366.40
FINANCE-EDUCATION FINANCE	Classified	OCONNER,ALICE L	ADMIN ASST 4	29,744.00
HUMAN RESOURCES	Classified	HANNAMAN,JASON P	HR DIR C	78,499.20
HUMAN RESOURCES	Classified	JACKSON,MARTRESACA	HR ANALYST A	41,600.00
HUMAN RESOURCES	Classified	JACKSON,CHRISTIE M	ADMIN PROG SPEC B	35,006.40
HUMAN RESOURCES-OPERATIONS	Classified	REED,MONITA	HR MAN A	71,572.80
HUMAN RESOURCES-OPERATIONS	Classified	BESSE,DAVE A	HR ANALYST C	52,000.00
HUMAN RESOURCES-OPERATIONS	Classified	BANKS,GWENDOLYN H	HR ANALYST C	51,396.80
HUMAN RESOURCES-OPERATIONS	Classified	TULLIER,ERIN R	HR ANALYST C	50,793.60
HUMAN RESOURCES-OPERATIONS	Classified	ODEAY,MILDRED F	HR ANALYST C	31,200.00
HUMAN RESOURCES-RECRUIT/COMPENSATION	Classified	DORSEY,AARIKA R	HR SUP	70,969.60
HUMAN RESOURCES-RECRUIT/COMPENSATION	Classified	WASHINGTON,TANGLA H	HR SPECIALIST	68,785.60
HUMAN RESOURCES-RECRUIT/COMPENSATION	Classified	HUNT,SHANNON R	HR ANALYST C	52,000.00
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	Unclassified	MOTE,JAMES E	STUDENT	11,908.00
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	Unclassified	MILLER,BILLY	STUDENT	7,904.00
INTERNAL AUDIT	Classified	GARIDEL,DUDLEY J	AUDIT DIR 2	95,388.80
INTERNAL AUDIT	Classified	PATIN,BERYLE J	AUDITOR 3	51,396.80
INTERNAL AUDIT	Unclassified	BRASELMAN,RAYMOND J	STUDENT	10,608.00
INTERNAL AUDIT	Unclassified	RAND,BRYAN T	STUDENT	10,608.00
LEGAL SERVICES	Unclassified	HUNT,JOAN	EXECUTIVE COUNSEL	124,999.94
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	SMITH,WILLA L	ATTORNEY-DEP GEN COUNS 1	95,000.10
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	BROU,DENISE M	ATTORNEY 4	83,990.40
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	ZOLMAN,KATHE R	ATTORNEY 4	79,996.80
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	HUMPHREY,TROY A	ATTORNEY 4	78,998.40
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	MANIERI,TYRELL T	EDUC PROG CONS 4	74,505.60
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	FRUGE,ROBERT C	ATTORNEY 4	60,049.60
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	GOLMON,MARGIE F	ADMIN PROG SPEC B	46,841.60
LEGAL SERVICES	Classified	DAVIS,MARSHALL	PARALEGAL 2	40,268.80
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Unclassified	BENDILY,ERIN R	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	140,004.80
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Classified	BEBEN,NANCY W	EXEC MGMT OFF 2	84,999.98
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Unclassified	DEVLIN,BRIDGET D	FELLOW	75,000.12
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Classified	HILL,LESLIE J	EXEC MGMT OFF 1	65,000.00
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Classified	GREMILLION,RYAN	POLICY PLANNER 2	57,933.98
POLICY/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS	Classified	MERRILL,PATRICIA W	ADMIN COORD 4	41,600.00
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	LEFKOWITH,DAVID J	DIRECTOR	99,999.90
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	PERRY,LAUREN	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	90,000.04
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	SCHUTTE,MARIAN L	DIRECTOR	75,000.12
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	SHEPARD,DAVID	COORDINATOR	65,000.00
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	ZIMMERMAN,JILL	DIRECTOR	65,000.00
PORTFOLIO	Classified	NOBLE,DIANA M	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,008.00
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	DARROW,BRIAN	CHIEF OF STAFF	59,999.94
PORTFOLIO	Classified	MILLICAN,FRANCES C	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	47,881.60
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	SPEWAK,THERESA C	STUDENT	20,800.00
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	ROBERTS,VICTORIA C	STUDENT	15,600.00
PORTFOLIO	Classified	GODCHAUX,HEIDI L	ADMIN COORD 2	12,480.00
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	HEBERT,JONATHAN P	STUDENT	10,400.00
PORTFOLIO	Unclassified	ALLEN,DEREK R	STUDENT	7,956.00
PUBLIC AFFAIRS	Unclassified	LANDRY,BARRY C	PRESS SECRETARY	84,999.98
PUBLIC AFFAIRS	Classified	PAPA,CHRISTY L	PUB INFO OFF 1	44,200.78
PUBLIC AFFAIRS	Classified	GALLODORO,RACHAEL M	PUB INFO OFF 3	42,993.60
PUBLIC AFFAIRS-CALL CENTER	Classified	ATKINS,CHARMAINE L	ADMIN COORD 1	12,480.00
PUBLIC AFFAIRS-CALL CENTER	Classified	BAZILLE,AISHAH A	ADMIN COORD 1	12,480.00
PUBLIC AFFAIRS-CALL CENTER	Classified	CLAYTON,TALACEY M	ADMIN COORD 1	12,480.00
PUBLIC AFFAIRS-CALL CENTER	Classified	JOHNSON,ASHLEY C	ADMIN COORD 1	12,480.00
PUBLIC AFFAIRS-CALL CENTER	Classified	THOMPSON,ANDREA S	ADMIN COORD 1	12,480.00
PUBLIC AFFAIRS-CALL CENTER	Unclassified	OGUINYE,ROBYN N	STUDENT	7,540.00
STU PROG-21ST CENTURY COMM LRN CENTERS	Classified	PIERCE,KENYA J	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	74,297.60
STU PROG-21ST CENTURY COMM LRN CENTERS	Classified	FISHER,PATRICIA A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	72,217.60
STU PROG-21ST CENTURY COMM LRN CENTERS	Classified	JOHNSON,TONYA R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,166.40
STU PROG-21ST CENTURY COMM LRN CENTERS	Unclassified	COOPER,VALENCIA N	STUDENT	7,696.00
STU PROG-CONS PROG-DROPOUT PREVENTION	Classified	KELLER,DIANNA G	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	80,121.60
STU PROG-CONS PROG-DROPOUT PREVENTION	Classified	MONTGOMERY,JEAN R	EDUC PROG CONS 2	71,177.60
STU PROG-CONS PROG-DROPOUT PREVENTION	Classified	DESORMEAUX,DEBRA D	EDUC PROG CONS 3	60,247.20
STU PROG-CONS PROG-DROPOUT PREVENTION	Classified	JACKSON,CYNTHIA E	EDUC PROG CONS 2	56,305.60
STU PROG-CONS PROG-DROPOUT PREVENTION	Classified	MILLER,DARI B	EDUC PROG CONS 2	56,305.60
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	COMEAUX,MICHAEL C	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	79,999.92
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	FRUGE,JANICE H	EDUC PROG CONS 3	78,499.20
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	BURNS,LILLIE L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	78,374.40
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	BYRD,TERRIE	EDUC PROG CONS 2	65,166.40
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	OGUNYINKA,EBENEZER O	EDUC RES ANAL 3	65,000.00
STU PROG-CONS PROG-HEALTHY COMMUNITIES	Classified	WILLIAMS,SHIRLEY M	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMMING	Classified	SCOGGINS,MARY D	EDUC PROG CONS 4	78,748.80
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERVICES	Unclassified	COOK,BERNELL J	DIRECTOR	90,000.04
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERVICES	Classified	SMITH,SHONNDA R	EXEC STAFF OFFICER	61,984.00
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERVICES	Classified	MANIERI,ELIZABETH C	EDUC PROG CONS 2	56,306.12
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERVICES	Unclassified	MCGEE,LARRY D	STUDENT	8,008.00
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA MONITORING	Classified	SPARKS,MELODIE A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	76,793.60
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA MONITORING	Classified	VEST,DAN A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	70,000.06
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA MONITORING	Classified	JONES,IRIS D	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,166.40
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA SERV	Classified	RANDALL,ANGELA W	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	74,318.40
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA SERV	Classified	RONE,KEITA O	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,766.40
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA SERV	Classified	SPEARS,JENNIFER G	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,166.40
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA SERV	Classified	BUTLER,PHYLLIS	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,939.20
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-IDEA SERV	Classified	ANDERS,MELISSA T	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-NCLB PROG SUPPT	Classified	CHISLEY,TIKERA D	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	74,297.60
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-NCLB PROG SUPPT	Classified	TRIGGS,VALERIE W	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-NCLB PROG SUPPT	Classified	BROWN,E’DELTRESS M	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-NCLB PROG SUPPT	Classified	MAYEUX,MELANIE A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-NCLB PROG SUPPT	Classified	CAMPBELL,SHELIA Y	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-IDEA/NCLB SERV-NCLB PROG SUPPT	Classified	STERLING,GEORGETTE L	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-MONITORING-CONSOLID MONITORING	Classified	SIMONEAUX,THERESA A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	75,712.00
STU PROG-MONITORING-CONSOLID MONITORING	Classified	ENLOW,ROSEMARY	EDUC PROG CONS 2	73,299.20
STU PROG-MONITORING-CONSOLID MONITORING	Classified	DAWKINS,ALICIA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
STU PROG-MONITORING-CONSOLID MONITORING	Classified	DOUCET,PATRICIA A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	66,323.92
STU PROG-MONITORING-CONSOLID MONITORING	Classified	FOSTER,BARBARA A	EDUC PROG CONS 3	65,187.20
STU PROG-MONITORING-CONSOLID MONITORING	Classified	MILES,ANGELA D	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-MONITORING-MONIT RESOLUTION	Classified	TINDALL,LINDA W	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	89,710.40
STU PROG-MONITORING-MONIT RESOLUTION	Classified	ANTHONY,TASHA P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	78,249.60
STU PROG-MONITORING-MONIT RESOLUTION	Classified	STEELE,RENE’ C	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.92
STU PROG-MONITORING-MONIT RESOLUTION	Classified	RICHARDSON,JUDITH M	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-MONITORING-MONIT RESOLUTION	Classified	SWIFT,MADELINE L	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-MONITORING-MONIT RESOLUTION	Classified	STAFFORD,SUELLEN	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	47,819.20
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	LAMBERT,LINDA B	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	83,720.00
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	JONES,CHERYL A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	AUGUSTUS,LEONARD	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	PARRINO,ANTHONY B	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	THIBODEAUX,DAVID B	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	SCHEXNEIDER,KAREN A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	57,803.20
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	LOUIS-KELLY,ANGELA N	EDUC PROG CONS 2	56,305.60
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	TATE,TOMEKA L	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	36,670.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	BUHLER,TRACY L	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	34,652.80
STU PROG-NUT SERV-CHILD/ADULT FOOD CARE	Classified	BLOYED,TAMMY S	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	29,910.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	STRACENER,JUDY M	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	78,748.80
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	BROGDON,GEORGANNA S	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,766.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	LAW,DAWN P	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	DAUZAT,DANA L	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	LEGIER,SHANNA K	EDUC PROG CONS 3	60,247.20
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	SCOTT,TRANDRA R	EDUC PROG CONS 2	58,552.00
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	LANIUS,BABETTE G	EDUC PROG CONS 2	56,305.60
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	DESHLER,CHERYL A	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	53,747.20
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	DEROUEN,DONALD R	EDUC PROG CONS 3	31,200.00
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	DUPRE,WAYNE A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	31,200.00
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	CAMPBELL,MELISSA B	EDUC PROG CONS 3	30,451.20
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	JOHNSON DUPRE,JANET A	EDUC PROG CONS 2	30,451.20
STU PROG-NUT SERV-SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES	Classified	PORTER,TOYA J	ADMIN PROG SPEC A	29,910.40
STU PROG-NUTRITION SERVICES	Unclassified	DUPRE,JOHN N	DIRECTOR	97,281.60
STU PROG-NUTRITION SERVICES	Classified	TELHIARD,THOMAS P	EDUC PROG CONS 4	69,430.40
STU PROG-NUTRITION SERVICES	Classified	DANIEL,DEBRA D	EDUC PROG CONS 2	63,336.00
STU PROG-NUTRITION SERVICES	Classified	WASHINGTON,IDA M	ADMIN ASST 4	44,200.00
STU PROG-NUTRITION SERVICES	Unclassified	STIPE,MARY M	STUDENT	8,112.00
STU PROG-NUTRITION SERVICES	Unclassified	BROCHARD,KATIE M	STUDENT	7,696.00
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	HICKS,NANCY P	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	87,713.60
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	HANLEY,JOHN A	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	81,411.20
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	JACKSON-ROBERTS,KARTINA	EDUC PROG CONS 5-B	78,748.80
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	ARRINGTON,HATTIE	EXEC STAFF OFFICER	61,984.00
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	JOHNSON,SANDRA K	ADMIN ASST 4	42,660.80
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Classified	JACKSON,LORIA R	ADMIN COORD 4	36,462.40
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Unclassified	RODRIGUEZ,VALERIE	STUDENT	20,800.00
STUDENT PROGRAMS	Unclassified	RUSSELL,FELECIA S	STUDENT	13,520.00
TALENT	Unclassified	DIETSCH,HANNAH	ASST SUPERINTENDENT	130,000.00
TALENT	Unclassified	WESTERHOLD,KATHERINE	FELLOW	84,999.98
TALENT	Classified	MAINIERO,MELISSA T	EXEC MGMT OFF 2	78,416.00
TALENT	Classified	MORRISON,ANNIE	EDUC PROG CONS 3	70,964.92
TALENT	Classified	NORMAND,RACHEL E	EDUC INFO CONS 2	47,808.80
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Unclassified	BURKE,BARBARA K	DIRECTOR	84,999.98
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Classified	ADAMS,BLANCHE	EDUC PROG CONS 5-A	75,712.00
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Classified	LACY,JONI M	EDUC PROG CONS 3	69,992.00
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Classified	POOLE,REGINA L	EDUC PROG CONS 3	67,787.20
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Classified	DAVIS,FRANCES G	EDUC PROG CONS 3	66,955.20
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Classified	ZACHARIAH,CELINE T	EDUC PROG CONS 2	60,902.40
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Unclassified	HALPERN,SAMANTHA R	STUDENT	8,112.00
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Unclassified	WALLACE,KELLIE D	STUDENT	8,112.00
TALENT-CERT,PREP AND RECRUITMENT	Unclassified	PATTERSON,SATASHA	STUDENT	7,540.00
TALENT-COMPASS	Unclassified	KNOX,YAMAI	FELLOW	99,999.90
TALENT-COMPASS	Classified	HAND,DAVID	EDUC PROG CONS 1	60,008.00
TALENT-LICENSURE/PREPARTION	Unclassified	STEPHENSON,JULIE B	FELLOW	95,000.10

 

So there you have it folks. If you need to reach a staffer at LDOE you can use this list to identify who you should be talking to. There is no guarantee they will talk back of course, but at least now folks have some idea of how the department is organized now. That has been a very frequent complaint which I hope I have helped address.

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New Group Asks Congress to Protect Student Privacy

I was asked to join a new student privacy coalition yesterday, which I did. Diane Ravitch posted their press release on her site.

Enclosed is my statement of support:

Jason France
Privacy Activist, Louisiana

“Information is proving to be the most valuable commodity of the 21st Century. We must all fight to keep ourselves and our society safe from the information prospectors that see us and our children as little more than their next Klondike while they conspire to chain us inextricably to their Big Data mines.”

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In this era of Big Data, many organizations want to collect and use personal student data for their own ends. In recent years, the U.S Department of Education has weakened the privacy protections embedded in FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). Parent activists wants Congress to take action to protect their children’s privacy rights.

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July 23, 2014

For more information contact:

Leonie Haimson: leonie@classsizematters.org; 401-466-2262; 917-435-9329

Rachael Stickland: info@studentprivacymatters.org; 303-204-1272

New Coalition Urges Congress to Listen to Parents and Strengthen Student Privacy Protections

A new coalition called the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy released a letter today to the leaders of the committees of the House and Senate Education Committees, urging Congress to strengthen FERPA and involve parents in the decision-making process to ensure that their children’s privacy is protected.

Many of the groups and individuals in the Coalition were involved in the battle over inBloom…

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BESE member Jay Guillot’s company paid $1.5 million for work for RSD, South Louisiana school boards in 2013-2014

Unethical behavior appears to be the norm, not the exception, for BESE. I would most certainly be out of place if I got elected.

Louisiana Voice

One of the most frustrating things in writing about this administration is obvious wrongdoing is reported and nothing is done.

In Bobby Jindal we have a governor who is constantly bitching about Washington in general and the Obama administration in particular while turning a blind eye to corruption, profiteering and ethical violations within his own administration.

You would think that the man who, upon taking office in 2008, said, “We have zero tolerance for corruption” would make at least a token effort to keep his house in order.

Instead, he gutted the enforcement authority of the State Ethics Board, ran off members of the board, and commenced to allow his political pals to run unchecked.

The sordid episode of State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson and the manner in which he was allowed to increase his state pension by nearly 70 percent is just the latest in a sorry laundry list…

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Update On the “100 Summer Interns” Story

It took some detective work, and reviewing of records from other agencies, but I was able to locate 16 summer interns and 14 student workers on LDOE’s payroll for a total of 30 student workers employed this summer. That’s still a lot of kids roaming around the halls of the department so I can see why it might seem like 100 interns. The highest paid interns earned 20 dollars per hour or the equivalent of around 40k if they were paid annually. The total payroll for all student workers comes to around 350k. All 30 student interns make up about 7-8% of LDOE’s total workforce as of July 2014. LDOE had contracts for at least 5 of their summer interns which I was able to uncover which LDOE did not turn over to me in response to my records request. All of these contracts would now exceed the 2k limit Bobby Jindal has now placed on the Louisiana Department of Education, which I would advise he keep in place indefinitely. If a state department can’t keep track of their own contracts they certainly should not be issuing them. I’m still not quite sure why LDOE refused to supply any information for my very reasonable Freedom of Information request and instead chose to wait two weeks before responding that they had no records responsive to my request.

I noted a few of the student workers and interns are children of current and former employees, but they are making the least amount – barely above minimum wage. I have chosen to withhold the actual names of the student workers and summer interns from this piece but listed below are the areas they are assigned to in the department.

Let me know if you would like to know anything else about the student workers or summer interns.

Since I ran my story on the interns LDOE has been slightly more responsive to my inquiries on other issues which was what I hoped would happen when I published the information I had received in tips. LDOE refused to admit to having any records on summer Interns when I sent them a snippet of their own newsletter (one of several they sent around) announcing these interns. At the very least they should have provided me the newsletters and contracts they had in their possession and which now I have in mine. As for my other stories. . . I think you will be surprised and dismayed to learn what I have been able to deduce from information recently released to me. In some areas it is not as bad as I feared, but in others it is worse. Now I have the actual data to support many of the arguments I have been making over the last few years in regards to RSD, dropouts, graduate counts and charter schools. I much prefer cold hard data (or even the warm squishy data LDOE produces these days which I choose not to speculate on the origins of) over rumor and innuendo. . . but I am also not content to allow LDOE to continue to hide behind a veil of secrecy and reflexive denial as appears to have occurred in the Intern situation.

I am still waiting on some requests to be forthcoming but since the response times have dramatically increased lately I feel comfortable I’ve given the department enough time to respond to my inquiries about press releases they produced two weeks ago.

I will be on WBOK Monday the 21st. Enclosed is the press release on the show.

The New Orleans Imperative Next Show – July 21, 2014

The crisis in public education created by the profit driven education reformers has some far reaching implications. Dr.Mark Naison, professor of history at Fordham University in New York and Chair of African and African-American Studies, recently produced a news story on his Education News Series that made an interesting comparison between the charter school movement and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. Dr Naison will join us this morning to discuss his news video.
You can view his Education News video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIf0xpVBZKQ

Recently the Louisiana Department of Education did a press release touting high graduation rates and low dropouts rates. Jason France, researcher and blogger (Crazy Crawfish’s Blog) will also join us to discuss his questions about these claims and how his cursory analysis shows how schools are misleading the public by miscoding the reasons why students left school.

PLEASE JOIN US

Still Waiting in Lines, Nine Years Later

One of the tragic truths behind all the hype about choice. Congrats to all tbe Reformers for extending the tragedy of Katrina out 9 years later and still going. I can’t wait till i can queue in lines all day like they used to have in communist Russia to try and enroll my kids in school only to be turned away and told to try again tomorrow. What a choice.

Thanks for sharing, Karran.

Education Talk New Orleans

July 9th, over 800 parents try to enroll their children in public schools in New Orleans through the Recovery School District’s One App process.

Nine years after the state takeover of our schools, parents find themselves standing in line for education.

This post was going to be very different. I was going to write about how my day started. I just deleted what I’d written because of a text I received from a parent today.

In the text she writes:

“I don’t think I will be there tomorrow I can’t handle all those people. I have flash back from Katherine when we had to stand in line for food &water for our children in the heat now we have to do it for education . So every Charte school can get a head count to get there money that’s not beneficial to our Kids .”

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If I Don’t Laugh I’ll Cry

It’s hard to argue that Kevin Huffman does not deserve to be laughed out of Tennessee after getting on NPR with Arne Duncan on June 24th to proudly declare the only thing holding disabled children back academically were low expectations and insufficient testing. So i won’t. What I will say is that White has done more than just say stupid things, he has lied on camera and before BESE, TV reporters, and the legislature numerous times on many issues. He has engaged in behavior that appears criminal in nature but is at least morally and ethically bankrupt. He is at odds with Governor Jindal and actively fighting his Governor in the media with with lawsuits, not being doggedly defended like Huffman is by his Governor now. Even John White’s contracting wings have been clipped with a reduction of his self-approval power dropping from 50 or 25k (depending on who you ask) to just 2 k. (My guess is White will get around this my issuing 25 2 k contracts to vendors) I wish Tennessee well in their quest to rid themselves of their education deformer, but I think John White has a pretty significant lead in stamping his own walking papers. Some of my friends are placing bets on White’s last day and hour on Facebook. I’m not quite that confident, but I would start taking home some personal items, if I were White… and i would definitely be looking for a new state to relocate to that had not heard of me yet. I hear Ukraine is looking for some new blood, and corruption is supposed to be their forte… White would fit right in.

Dad Gone Wild

As you may or may not know, Kevin Huffman and John White are in a race to see who can reach Chiefs for Change Emeritus status first. After reading a series of posts by the respected Crazy Crawfish (https://crazycrawfish.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/the-news-just-keeps-getting-worse-for-supt-of-ed-john-white-state-auditor-investigating-possible-payroll-fraud/) I thought John White had the clear advantage. I should not have underestimated the esteemed Kevin Huffman. He’s not going down with out a fight.

Its been a busy couple of weeks. We’ve covered the delayed test scores and the “post-equating”. About 2 week’s ago 15 State representatives sent a letter to Governor Haslam questioning the legality of the commissioners granting of waivers. After all a clause in the recently passed legislation clearly seemed to say he didn’t have that authority. Governor Haslam shrugged and said he hated cheap parlor tricks and that he hadn’t had time to even think about changes to his cabinet due to the upcoming election.

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Check out my new Common Core Video. I think this will add some clarity to the situation in Louisiana. . .or at least make fun of the people behind the “muddying of the narrative”

I just finished producing my first movie and publishing my first YouTube video.  (I decided to stop writing posts and focus on media that requires fewer words so the grammar Nazis will leave me alone.)

Check it out and feel free to make fun of it: http://youtu.be/NQ4Ryloo0Kc

But there’s no denying this crawfish is not now in the 21st century!

This is my response to the latest buzzword “Clarity” that came out of the BESE meeting July 1st.  If you found that meeting as frustrating as I did, I think you will find this parody amusing. I also get to take out some long overdue vengeance on some well known reformers and paid off Common Core supporters or profiteers.  What could be more awesome than that?

Don’t forget to check out my campaign site at http://www.jasonfrance4la.com and please make a donation if you would like to see someone like me on BESE. If you would prefer to see people like Chas remain on BESE then do nothing and you will get your wish.

 

 

Plan B: One-Step for Addressing PARCC and Common Core

Today was an interesting day at the Claiborne building in downtown Baton Rouge. Today was the much anticipated climax of significant back and forth politicking between Governor Jindal and his mail ordered State Superintendent of Education, John White. Today was the day Louisiana got a front row seat to the attempted abortion of the illegitimate Education Love Child known as Common Core and the testing consortium known as PARCC, conceived in back room deals and between these two star-crossed (and now double-crossing) education reformers.

Of course John White insisted on boring and dubious analysis of the situation that everyone who was there already knew all too well. Usually this is simply annoying and infuriating, but today was a little different since he didn’t have a trusty and redundant PowerPoint to stall over and guide him through the highlights. It appeared White was talking somewhat off the cuff. When you talk for hours on end you eventually make some mistakes. When you lie about everything to everyone, it is inevitable that you will contradict yourself and your previous statements.

Let’s discuss some of them.

John White confirmed that the test questions for next year will be different than this year and that test questions always change every year, regardless of who cast the testing contract and regardless of the test containing PARCC questions or not. This contradicts John White’s earlier testimony and assertions to the legislature related to disclosing previously administered tests to parents to review. White claimed this would cause a lot of unnecessary expense and force the department to create new questions. When White testified before the legislature this spring he claimed if test questions were released the tests would need to be reworked because those questions could never be used again. However today, before BESE, John White confessed these questions are changed every year. They are not used every year anyways so releasing these tests should not be a problem, right? Inadvertently he defeated his own argument against allowing parents to review the exams being administered to their children.

Today John White made an assertion that the current environment is very confusing and clarity was needed for teachers, parents and students. (Who wouldn’t agree with that?) He claimed this clarity could only be achieved by seeking a legal expert, seeking a legal opinion and filing a lawsuit to resolve the legal conflicts between BESE, LDOE and the Governor’s office. He was partially correct. What is going on is very confusing. Bobby Jindal and BESE conceived this chaos 4 years ago today when they adopted Common Core without it being finalized. John White midwifed Common Core for Jindal and BESE, but then snuck around on the state and cheated on us, conceiving a PARCC contract during his philandering with other reform organizations. White tried to pass off PARCC as the governor’s offspring by adopting it through an old non-bid contract. White thought he could force Louisiana and Jindal to adopt PARCC and pay to support this progeny of his relationship with CCSSO and the PARCC board – both organizations he holds leadership positions with. White obviously wants to hold onto these relationships, while also courting Louisiana and Jindal as the sugar daddy that will pay for him and them. Where John White was incorrect was in his proposal for resolving this conflict in time to bring clarity to our teachers. I have never heard of a situation where bringing lawyers and lawsuits into a dispute resolves that situation quickly. White also claimed lawyers and lawsuits will bring clarity. . . Maybe in a few years. . . but school starts up next month. Can anyone say with any confidence getting lawyers involved with resolve this situation swiftly or with clarity in the next few weeks? This is a recipe for complete disaster; one which John White could mitigate by simply putting everything on hold while these questions are resolved to the clarity level he feels comfortable with.

John White previously made the statement that there was no Plan B, because there was no legal option no Plan B was conceivable. Today however White backtracked and not only admitted that he had a Plan B, but that the situation is beyond his legal expertise and does not look like it will be resolved before the start of the school year. That’s why he and BESE President Chas Roemer are seeking legal experts. . . because they recognize this is a complex situation that will need to be decided in the courts based on the decision made by Jindal, John White and Chas Roemer. That was the ultimate decision of today’s meeting; to acquire the services of legal experts to council and perhaps file a lawsuit. This decision to make this issue complex is entirely John White’s and Chas Roemer’s, but they will not be the ones that have to bear the brunt of their decision. Teachers will be impacted. Students and parents will be impacted. Just about everyone but the ones creating this chaos will be harmed by the confusion they have chosen to sew into this situation. They are content to consult a lawyer and point their finger’s a Jindal while this slow moving train plods towards the August cliff of the imminent school year.

When you find yourself in a hole, and decide you need to get out, you stop digging. Before implementing new changes that may harm one of the parties, judges initiate injunctions to prevent either party from proceeding while the courts resolve the differences. As was brought up multiple times during today’s BESE session by BESE members Lottie Bebee, Jane Smith and distinguished educator and blogger Michael Deshotels, Louisiana had some of the highest regarded, nationally recognized standards in the nation. They were defined as one of the top 2 sets of standards in the United States. We used them for the most part last year and all the years before. We have those standards to rely upon while we await the rulings John White and Chas Roemer feel we need to bring clarity to this situation. We have our tests from last year that were aligned with the current curriculum. We spent quite a bit of time and money developing them. They contain some questions based on the national standards White and Roemer claim we are obligated to benchmark our tests against. We can stay the course while the courts resolve these questions Roemer and White claimed multiple times they are unqualified to clarify for themselves without involving lawyers and filing lawsuits. We adopted these standards 4 years ago blindly and without any input from parents – because they weren’t finalized and there was nothing to comment upon. Now that we have seen these standards implemented parents see they are worse than what we had. Education Reform has put our state in hole and riled up parents across the state to reject this corporately driven and funded agenda of which PARCC and Common Core are a significant part. The hole we find ourselves in is just getting deeper and less stable. Even our political leaders can’t decide among themselves what to do without resorting to lawyers. This was a mistake born of too much inexperienced enthusiasm without enough thought towards consequences or protection. It’s time for plan B. It’s time to stop digging. After 4 years, it’s time to stop screwing around with education and start being responsible.