LaToya Cantrell, Public Schools

New Orleans City Council takes steps to end Mayor Cantrell's travel plans
The New Orleans City Council has taken the first steps towards zeroing out Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s travel and entertainment budget after her administration claimed city finances are so dire it must impose a new period of austerity and budget cuts,
Cantrell administration stuns city council after refusing payments to school board
NOLA Public Schools leaders say Mayor LaToya Cantrell is withholding $20 million dollars to fill a hole in the schools' budget.
Mayor Cantrell faces backlash after withdrawing from $20 million school settlement
Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces backlash from the City Council after pulling out a $20 million settlement with NOLA Public Schools, an agreement her administration helped negotiate in November last year.
City Council members grill New Orleans officials about nixed school board deal
At packed city council meeting on Tuesday, city council members grilled city officials over Mayor LaToya Cantrell's decision to back out of a settlement agreement with the school board that would have included $90 million in funding over the next decade and an agreement that the city would stop collecting a 2% fee.
City Council spars with Mayor Cantrell over school funding
City Council members are expected to tighten the city's purse strings Tuesday after Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out on a $20 million funding deal with the Orleans Parish School Board. Why it matters: Things are about to be tit-for-tat in the long-running spat between Cantrell and the council.
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Criticized for nixing $20 million deal, Mayor LaToya Cantrell shifts blame to school board
There has been a lack of transparency, accountability, and clear answers” from the Orleans Parish School Board, the mayor’s ...
New Orleans City Council, Cantrell administration clash over withdrawn school-funding deal
She described the money owed as “not a gift or consolation prize.” Orleans Parish School Board finance chair Olin Parker told ...