NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES JUSTICE

New Orleans Public Schools Employees Justice
(www.nopsejustice.com)

Important Notice Posted June 9, 2010:

The Court has ordered the parties to attempt to locate as many class members as possible and advise them of the deadlines and procedures which must be followed relative to this class action. We have currently located approximately 5,000 class members, but we know that there are many potential class members who have not contacted us.

If you know of any tenured OPSB employees who may be eligible to participate in this class action who have not contacted class counsel, please advise them to provide us with their current contact information through this website. Thank you.

Notice: For recent updates, please go to "Current Status and Developments" and "Frequently Asked Questions."

Our lawsuit relates to the wrongful termination of 8,600 employees after Hurricane Katrina.

Our lawsuit is not related to any other class action lawsuits that have been filed against OPSB.

Our lawsuit is not related to the "Sabbatical/Sick Leave" class action lawsuit filed by the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) against the Orleans Parish School Board. For information on the "Sabbatical/Sick Leave" class action lawsuit, please call UTNO at (504) 304-2160.

Additionally, some OPSB employees have received a letter from attorney Jack Harang. His class action lawsuit involves claims relating to unpaid overtime for certain school board employees during the time period 2001-2004, which was prior to Katrina. His lawsuit has nothing to do with ours.

FOR THE ONLY ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAWSUIT PERTAINING TO THE WRONGFUL TERMINATION/KATRINA LAWSUIT, PLEASE REGULARLY CHECK WITH THIS WEBSITE.

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We have established this website in order to provide information to New Orleans Public School employees who were terminated after Hurricane Katrina.

Over 8,500 permanent and tenured highly qualified and dedicated public school employees - including school principals, certified teachers, counselors, social workers, secretaries, para-educators, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and central office personnel – lost their jobs.

These employees are now fighting back. A lawsuit was filed in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, against the Orleans Parish School Board and various State Defendants (the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, State Department of Education and the Recovery School District). The purpose of the lawsuit: to challenge the unlawful termination of these dedicated tenured employees whose employment rights were ignored and violated.

We are honored to serve as the interim committee of attorneys representing former NOPS employees in this historic lawsuit. The plaintiff's interim legal committee is comprised of the following attorneys:

Willie M. Zanders, Sr. (Lead Attorney)
Suzette Peychaud-Bagneris (Liaison Counsel)
Rico Alvendia
Anthony Irpino
Juana Marine-Lombard
Clarence Roby
Larry Samuel
Walter I. Willard