You can listen to their report here. I'll replace that with a permalink when they have a transcript.
See also "Why the school buses weren’t used" for more on the company Alvarez and Marsal.
From this:
A frustrated New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin warned Thursday that it would be in the state's best interest to help the Crescent City jump-start its Hurricane Katrina-riddled economy, saying the impact on the state — if nothing is done — will pale in comparison to the layoffs the city recently announced.
"You think 3,000 layoffs […]
Apparently, they weren't used because… all the New Orleans Public Schools drivers had evacuated the city. At least, that's what this completely unconfirmed report says:
I sent an email to Alvarez and Marsal (business managers of New Orleans Public Schools) and asked them why they did not make the school buses available to evacuate the citizens […]
During a meeting of the Orleans Parish School Board on June 9, 2005, the topic of using schoolbuses to evacuate the city was discussed. The PDF file appears to be unavailable, but the cache is here. The raw minutes dealing with the buses is below.
Ms. Bartholomew: President Sanders indicated that he wanted this on the […]
