It’s hard to believe, but 40 years ago, Richard Nixon quit. The nation’s crooked president, approver – if not the author of – the felonious coverup of the myriad White House constitutional crimes collectively known as Watergate, told the nation on August 8, 1974, that he would resign at noon the next day, and did so.

Seven New Orleans school administrators and teachers, fired in the wake of Hurricane Katrina were awarded $1,362, 632 in lost wages and benefits on June 20 by a Louisiana Court, capping a seven-year class action lawsuit battle waged by a legal team that included AFSA’s lawyers.

Nearly 7,500 New Orleans Public School Employees (NOPSE) and PANOPSI members have been embroiled in a wrongful-termination lawsuit for more than five years against the Louisiana State Department of Education, the Recovery School District, and the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

PANOPSI, AFSA Local 17, filed a class-action lawsuit against multiple Louisiana state education officials for the wrongful termination of nearly 7,500 school employees immediately following Hurricane Katrina.