There’s a local lawyer who sits on the board of a group of charter schools. There’s the head of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, training ground of Trombone Shorty and Harry Connick Jr. There’s a former Philadelphia public schools official. And, furthest afield, there is the education commissioner from the British territory of Bermuda.
The company hired to find candidates to serve as superintendent for the Orleans Parish School Board served up this list of finalists on Thursday, a collection of hopefuls that stood out mainly for the diverse array of backgrounds it included.