Former Mayor Bobby Simpson has been named interim director at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired. Simpson, a former dean of students at the school, was appointed to the post today by the Louisiana Special School District. Simpson has been chief operations officer for JTS Interests since January 2007; he joined the firm shortly after he left the mayor’s office in early 2005. Janet Ford, the former director of LSVI, resigned in October, after being put on non-disciplinary leave while the state education department investigated allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct between two students. The Special School District is conducting a national search for a permanent director.
Simpson named interim director at La. school for blind
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