New Orleans CityBusiness articles from February 2007

New Orleans CityBusiness archives from February 2007

Harry Lee: Sheriff's office in Jefferson Parish can't solve crime's.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Deon Roberts The "root cause" of Jefferson Parish's rising crime "is beyond the scope of the sheriff's office," Sheriff Harry Lee said today. Addressing the Harvey Canal Industrial Association at Four Columns banquet hall this...

NAACP gives Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans high marks.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People today gave Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, a grade of "A" on its Civil Rights Federal Legislative Report Card for the 109th Congress....

N.O.-based Tidewater Inc. declares 15-cent dividend.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff Tidewater Inc. has declared a 15-cent dividend on its 55.7 million shares of common stock. The Tidewater board of directors declared the dividend payable Feb. 22 to shareholders of record Feb. 12. Shares of...

CityBusiness opens two new blog threads.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff Two new blog threads are drawing comments today at neworleanscitybusiness.com. Social Media Editor Deon Roberts asks: Do you understand what WWL-TV and Cox Communications are squabbling about? Post your...

O'Naturals founder to speak at Tulane in N.O.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff Mac McCabe, president of O'Naturals, a natural and organic fast food chain based in Portland, Ma., will speak about the advantages of a socially and environmentally responsible business at Tulane...

Darryl Berger to meet with Vanderbilt University workers later.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Deon Roberts A group from Nashville, Tenn., calling for higher wages for Vanderbilt University employees came to the city today to meet with developer Darryl Berger, a Vanderbilt alumni and member of the university's board of...

Seoul manufacturer wooed by Louisiana developers.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Jaime Guillet M.K. International Inc. Chairman Hae-Jung Jung's interest in establishing a home construction manufacturing facility in Louisiana touched off a recruiting war among regional economic developers. Jung visited the World...

WWL-TV to remain on Cox for another month.
February 1, 2007... Byline: Deon Roberts Cox Communications video subscribers will have WWL-TV for at least another 30 days, under an agreement Cox and Belo Corp. reached Wednesday. However, Atlanta-based Cox and Dallas-based Belo continue to negotiate terms...

N.O.-based International Shipholding declares 75 cent dividend.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff International Shipholding Corp. today declared a cash dividend of 75 cents per share payable March 31 to holders of record at the close of business March 11 involving its 6 percent convertible exchangeable...

Lafayette-based IberiaBank completes $13M entry into Arkansas.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff Shareholders of Pulaski Investment Corp. have approved the takeover of their Little Rock, Ark.-based banking interests by IberiaBank. The deal marks IberiaBank's initial foray into Arkansas, although Pulaski...

Carfax study shows flooded cars on the move.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff A new study by Carfax shows that waves of flood damaged cars are washing up in areas all across the country, especially in hurricane-stricken areas of the Gulf Coast. Over the last five years, the number of...

Chalmette-area homeowners cleared for Road Home funds.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 Chalmette-area homeowners have received court approval of a settlement between themselves and Murphy Oil Company, clearing the way for compensation from The Road Home recovery...

Corps awards $5.8M Elmwood Canal bridge project in Jefferson Parish.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, awarded a contract for work in Jefferson Parish on the Elmwood Canal Bridge at Kawanee Avenue. Work is scheduled to begin this month. In a joint...

Credit Managers Index reflects January growth.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff The ability of businesses across the country to pay their debts is on the rise according to the Credit Manager's Index for January. The CMI survey asks National Association of Credit Managers members to rate...

Repair work in Jefferson Parish to close Roosevelt Blvd. for a month.
February 1, 2007... Byline: N.O. CityBusiness Staff Northbound and southbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard will be closed for repairs from 9 a.m. Monday to March 9 to eliminate large humps at the intersection of West Napoleon Avenue. Motorists travelling...

Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu touts cultural economy recovery.
February 4, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Hundreds of Louisiana's entertainment, business, hospitality, arts, entertainment, preservation, design, film-making, culinary, and tourism professionals attended the Louisiana Cultural Economy Summit...

Retiring La. Student Financial Assistant Commission exec. director lauded for his college aid legacy.
February 4, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Executive Director Jack L. Guinn is retiring from The Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission effective April 2. Guinn has been the executive head of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial...

New Orleans Hospitality Briefs: February 5, 2007.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Kathryn Jezer-Morton On the first floor of the Texaco Building on Poydras Street, Dagwood Sandwich Shoppe's executive chef Geoffrey Rhode is designing sandwiches he hopes will be the best in the quick-service sandwich market. New...

Commentary: Unifying state health care only way to cure its ills.
February 5, 2007... Byline: John Breaux The United Health Foundation ranked Louisiana the least healthy state in 2006 after being No. 49 ahead of only Mississippi in years past. Louisiana also ranked last among states in Forbes Magazine's "Best States for...

Interview with Paul Prudhomme, one of the world's best-known chefs.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Craig Guillot Age: 66 Hometown: Opelousas As one of the world's best-known chefs, Paul Prudhomme has delivered Cajun cuisine for almost 30 years. Prudhomme runs K-Paul's restaurant on Chartres Street and Magic Seasoning Blends...

Commentary: Keeping New Orleans clean too tough without enough trash cans.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Singletary Laissez les poubelles rouler (Let the trash cans roll). Let's make this a safe, fun and clean Carnival season. On Jan. 13, I saw firsthand that New Orleans residents and visitors don't want to be as messy as they...

Louisiana ranks No. 2 in African-American killings.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Reports Pennsylvania leads the nation in the rate of African-American homicides, with nearly 30 a year per 100,000 African-American residents. Louisiana is a close No. 2. Firearms, especially handguns, were used...

Intermarine CEO succumbs to cancer at age 54.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Roger Kavanagh, 54-year-old president and CEO of Intermarine, passed away at his home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Danielle; sons, Zackary and Dylan; and daughter,...

$14B Unified New Orleans Plan's rebuilding blueprint needs city OK.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Reports A $14-billion blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans relies heavily on financial incentives to persuade resident to build more safely. And it recommends focusing initial investment in areas already...

Entergy Corp.'s earnings triple despite loss from bankruptcy.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Reports Entergy Corp.'s net income nearly tripled to $268.3 million, or $1.27 per share, in the three months ended Dec. 31, up from $90.2 million, or 43 cents per share, a year earlier. "In 2007 we face a full...

Chinese to invest $20M in New Orleans.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Reports A Chinese investment group plans to build a $20-million Chinese Consumer Market Commerce Center in New Orleans. NewMarket Technology Inc. CEO Philip Verges did not release the exact location for the...

New Orleans experts growing condo glut will cause prices to fall.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Deon Roberts John Schaff, a New Orleans real estate agent, recently advised a property owner to lower the asking price of a condominium at 3915 St. Charles Ave. by $20,000. Before Hurricane Katrina, the 1,000-square-foot condo...

Recovery fuels Metairie-based Audubon Engineering.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Matthew Penix Oil and gas infrastructure was left mangled when Hurricane Katrina rambled through the Gulf of Mexico in August 2005. Vast amounts of work needed to be done by engineering firms already short on employees. Metairie's...

Why Stay? Attorney returns to New Orleans after convincing law firm to open new office there.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Kathryn Jezer-Morton Clyde Jacob, an attorney at Coats Rose, one of the first law firms to open a new office in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, believes there is true opportunity here. Jacob is an employment and labor...

Rod Stewart, Norah Jones among New Orleans Jazz Fest headliners.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Reports Rod Stewart, Norah Jones and Brad Paisley will join New Orleans favorites such as Irma Thomas, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint as headliners for this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The...

Six Discovery astronauts praise Stennis Space Center's consistency.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Jaime Guillet Recently returned Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts immersed themselves in a simpler mission at NASA's Stennis Space Center Jan. 30 -- goodwill ambassadors for space travel. Six astronauts from Discovery Mission...

Volunteers step up to bridge textbook gaps in New Orleans schools.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Stephen Maloney Traditionally, U.S. educators have focused on the "three R's" of reading, writing and arithmetic and urged students to "crack the books" to earn good grades. Many New Orleans students, however, don't have any books...

Overhaul of La. Highway 1 to improve nation's link to refineries.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Jaime Guillet La. Highway 1, a two-lane lifeline for 18 percent of the nation's domestic and imported oil and gas and refining capacity, is about to receive a much-needed $300-million makeover. La. 1 connects the refining hub of...

Commentary: Lilette offers wide palette of flavors.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Tom Fitzmorris Lilette $$$$$ 3637 Magazine St., Uptown Lunch and dinner, Tues.-Sat. www.liletterestaurant.com It took more than 30 minutes to order dinner at Lilette last week. For once, the problem was not too few servers in...

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs refocuses its New Orleans-area mission on outpatient services.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Richard A. Webster Veteran Jake Staples said the sight of bodies floating in the streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina brought back nightmarish visions of Vietnam. As a fixed-wing pilot stationed in Na Trang, it was...

Hard-luck musicians struggle to return to New Orleans.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Richard A. Webster Tuba player Jeffrey Hills recently returned to New Orleans after a yearlong post-Katrina odyssey took him from Arizona to Texas to Mississippi. He had only one thought on his mind throughout: "Get back to New...

New Orleans-regional ports rally for security funding.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Jaime Guillet To beef up security, the Port of New Orleans is partnering with four regional ports to share surveillance information and solicit federal homeland security funds. On Friday, Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary...

Commentary: Planners urged to approve Unified New Orleans Plan.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff The Unified New Orleans Plan offers one major attraction absent in the previous seven attempts to coordinate the city's recovery: A mandate exceeding 90 percent from residents who took part in planning. That's an...

Feb. 5-11.
February 5, 2007... Byline: From CityBusiness Staff Reports The following calendar of business meetings and events is for Feb. 5-11. The deadline for submissions to the business calendar is 10 days prior to publication date. Feb. 5 Galatoire's auction of...

Tulane graduates launch business based on a trademark New Orleans draw: food.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Tommy Santora After Richard and Danielle Sutton graduated from Tulane University 12 years ago, they faced the same predicament of many New Orleans college graduates. "We wanted to stay and work in the city but there were just no...

Commentary: Breaux backs Blanco with big-bucks bash.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Jeff Crouere Many Democrats are praying former Sen. John Breaux will run for governor and help the party retain the mansion. Unfortunately for them, Breaux is strongly supporting Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. Breaux is holding a...

Governor Blanco repeats request for probe.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco reiterated her request for an investigation into the White House's "political" response to Hurricane Katrina, in a column the governor released last week. Blanco spent the...

Omni Bank reopens Metairie HQ.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Omni Bank has reopened its main branch and corporate headquarters in Metairie, nearly 10 months after renovations on the 30-year-old Ridgelake Avenue office building began. Though Omni never closed the...

Louisiana State University faculty rated in national top 10.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Three Louisiana State University departments rank among the top 10 research universities in faculty productivity ratings, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. LSU ranked in fields of kinesiology...

Governor Blanco makes commission, board appointments.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today announced appointments to the Commission on HIV, AIDS And Hepatitis C and the Patients Compensation Fund Oversight Board. Commission members are: * Ceryl Lynn Besch...

River Garden launches defense in case of woman alleging she was kept out of housing complex.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The owners of the mixed-income development River Garden has filed a court response denying the claims of a former St. Thomas resident who says she was kept out of the complex. David Abbenante, president of...

Gas leak shuts down Barataria Boulevard in Jefferson Parish.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report A broken underground natural gas line near Barataria Boulevard and the West Bank Expressway caused a portion of Barataria to be shut down today, although Jefferson Parish officials hoped to have it reopened...

Thousands haven't scheduled Road Home appointments.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report About 33,000 Road Home applicants have not scheduled initial appointments, a situation the program's Fairfax, Va.-based contractor is trying to turn around. To date, more than 100,000 homeowners have...

Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group acquires Arkansas pipe fabricator.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Shaw Group Inc. has taken steps to expand its pipe fabrication capacity by approximately 30 percent to support anticipated demand for fabricated pipe and piping systems, particularly from the power,...

City of New Orleans begins delivery of bar-coded trash carts.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The city's sanitation department today started rolling out personalized, bar-coded trash collection carts complete with instructions on the "do's and dont's of waste disposal." The new carts will be...

University of New Orleans applies to run more public schools.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The University of New Orleans has applied to open two new public charter schools in Gentilly. Applications were submitted to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to reopen Gentilly...

Newcomb College summit highlights women's roles in global crises.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Newcomb College Institute will hold a four-day inaugural summit on "Educating Women for a World in Crisis" from Thursday to Sunday at the Lavin-Bernick Center on Tulane Univeristy's Uptown campus....

Ben & Jerry's held annual conference in New Orleans in January.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report' Ben & Jerry's, the South Burlington, Vt.-based ice cream maker, held its 2007 Global Franchise Community Gathering in New Orleans Jan. 12-15 at the Sheraton New Orleans hotel, the company said. The annual...

Baton Rouge-based Shaw Group expanding to meet demand for piping.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Shaw Group Inc. said it plans to expand its pipe fabrication capacity by approximately 30 percent to support "significant current and anticipated future increases" in demand for fabricated pipe and...

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center expects brisk February.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Officials with the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center say business this month will be brisk, with 13 events expected to bring in more than 36,000 attendees and generate 76,188 hotel room nights. One of the...

Nonprofit offers workplace waste solutions.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Reducing waste in the workplace decreases the amount of materials a business needs to buy, collect and transport. That's according to Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the state's nonprofit dedicated to litter...

30,000 Louisiana veterans find revised health care help.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Richard A. Webster Veteran Jake Staples said the sight of bodies floating in the streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina brought back nightmarish visions of Vietnam. As a fixed-wing pilot stationed in Na Trang, it was...

EXpressJet to begin nonstop flights from New Orleans.
February 5, 2007... Byline: Jaime Guillet Air service in New Orleans is slated to soar with today's announcement by ExpressJet Airlines of 12 daily, nonstop flights from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Beginning summer 2007, Houston-based...

Carnival 'trash force' promises to keep French Quarter clean.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report A "trash force" will work overtime during Carnival to keep the French Quarter clean. SDT Waste and Debris Services, the city's new contractor for sanitation pickup in the French Quarter and downtown,...

Senator David Vitter endorses Rep. Bobby Jindal for La. governor's seat.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, is endorsing Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-Kenner, in his run for the Louisiana governor's seat. Jindal announced last month that he would try to unseat Democratic incumbent Gov....

Seedco offers help to small businesses with recovery loan applications.
February 5, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Technical assistance is available to small businesses wanting to apply for the Business Recovery Grant and Loan program, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco announced last month. Interest-free loans up to...

Kenner city officials plead with FEMA for drainage help.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to re-evaluate its position on whether it will pay for cleaning of 2.5 million linear feet of subsurface drainage lines in Kenner. Mayor Ed Muniz and city...

Fired Clayton Homes salesman charges racial bias in lawsuit.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The nation's largest manufacturer and retailer of mobile homes allegedly subjected an employee to racial harassment and retaliatory discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

John Besh to honor Chef Chris Kerageorgi by closing his former restaurant La Provence for five weeks.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The passing of Chef Chris Kerageorgiou Sunday will lead to the the closing for five weeks of his former restaurant La Provence. John Besh, who recently purchased the restaurant, will keep La Provence open...

Intermarine eleveates Andre Grikits to president, CEO.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The board of directors of Intermarine has elected Andre Grikitis as its new president and CEO. Grikitis succeeds Roger Kavanagh, founder and prior CEO of Intermarine, who died after a lengthy battle with...

$28.5M research spending plan goes public in New Orleans on Friday.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana Recovery Authority will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. Friday in the Ile de France Ballroom, Salon Three of the J.W. Marriott Hotel, 614 Canal St. on a...

Top-rated high school football recruit Joe McKnight spurns LSU and Saban for USC.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Top-rated high school football recruit Joe McKnight, a 5-foot-10, 210-pound running back out of John Curtis High School in New Orleans, will go to the Univfersity of Southern California. He was being...

Louisiana state Rep. A.G. Crowe to seek Senate District 1 seat.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report State Rep. A.G. Crowe said today he will will seek the Senate District 1 seat being vacated by state Sen. Walter Boasso of Chalmette who is making a run for governor. "This is a time for experienced...

Canal Street landmark Mandina's Restaurant reopens in Mid-City.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Canal Street landmark Mandina's Restaurant reopened its signature pink eatery today after an 15-month renovation. The 75-year-old restaurant underwent a massive renovation to recover from extensive damage...

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Louisiana to meet at Chad's Bistro.
February 7, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Louisiana will meet at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Chad's Bistro, 3216 West Esplanade, Suite 1-4. Propietor Sal Orland will be host. Free hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar for HCCL...

New Orleans' new recovery czar pledges to inspect 'every blade of grass'.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The city's new recovery czar, Edward Blakely, said he plans to take weekly bike rides through New Orleans beginning Saturday to inspect "every blade of grass" before the city's post-hurricane redevelopment...

Port of New Orleans TV show debuts tonight.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Port of New Orleans will debut a new half-hour television show at 8 p.m. today on Cox Communications Channel 6. The port-produced show, "The Port Record," is the latest in the port's ongoing effort to...

Virtual reality touted as rebuilding solution for plotting out New Orleans rebuild post-Katrina.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Academic and technology officials are touting virtual reality as the latest solution for plotting out the New Orleans rebuild post-Katrina. Dr. Ken Walsh from the University of New Orleans and Mark Lewis,...

Free college prep program reaches out to New Orleans teens.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Operation Reach, in collaboration with Job 1 and the city of New Orleans, is offering a free eight-week ACT/college prep program for local high school students, starting at 9 a.m. Feb. 17. The program...

Art project will honor New Orleans' 7th Ward 'heroes'.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report An African-American history art project involving Xavier University and the Porch 7th Ward Cultural Organization will highlight "heroes of the 7th Ward." The project will focus on a group of 10 people with...

Federal enviromental study holding up New Orleans Industrial Canal project.
February 9, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bacques A project to expand and deepen the locks on the Industrial Canal is in a holding pattern until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes an environmental impact statement to comply with a court order. In October 2006,...

New Orleans CityBusiness' Leadership in Law deadline is Wednesday.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Wednesday is the deadline to submit nominations for CityBusiness' "Leadership in Law," an annual event honoring local attorneys and judges. The third annual program will honor 50 exceptional professionals...

Pool Corp. opens mortage arm for pool lending.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Pool Corp. is entering the mortgage business, providing buyers of swimming pools with financing alternatives to fund their purchases. The new business, which will be headquartered in Covington and operate...

Hard-luck musicians struggle to return to New Orleans.
February 9, 2007... Byline: Richard A. Webster Tuba player Jeffrey Hills recently returned to New Orleans after a yearlong post-Katrina odyssey took him from Arizona to Texas to Mississippi. He had only one thought on his mind throughout: "Get back to New...

Xavier neighborhood center to assist low-income residents.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report A Gert Town Neighborhood Health and Technology Information Center will have a grand opening 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 4821 Earhart Blvd. The Xavier University Center for Student Leadership and Service...

New Orleans tourism officials tout 2007 progress.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report In a "State of the City" report released today, the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau touted "daily progress in the resurgence of America's most culturally important city." NOMCVB...

Grants seek to help New Orleans-area fire departments.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Six metro area fire departments will receive a total of $278,000 in grants from the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. headquartered in Novato, Calif. The funds are designed to help departments affected by...

Annual health care conference coming to New Orleans.
February 9, 2007... Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society will convene in the city from Feb. 25 to March 1 for its annual meeting, with attendance expected from former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell....

Shepherd: No more N.O. Public School's RSD waiting lists.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Stephen Maloney The Recovery School District's waiting list, which had 300 students waiting to be placed in a New Orleans Public School, is being terminated, said state Sen. Derrick Shepherd, D-Marrero. "We have heard the public...