Spellings: 372,000 students displaced by Katrina

[proud2BlibKansan]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- At least 372,000 students have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and there are no clear answers yet on where the money to educate them will come from, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Monday.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Spellings gave the most sweeping assessment of how the hurricane has affected the education community just as the school year begins.

In Louisiana, more than 247,000 public and private school students have been displaced, 489 schools have been closed and at least six parishes have destroyed or damaged buildings, she said.

In Mississippi, more than 125,000 students have been forced elsewhere. A total of 226 schools in 30 districts are closed in that state, and almost 30 schools have been destroyed.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/09/12/katrina.spellings.ap/index.html

[jab105]

1. I just got a new student in my class today from New Orleans...

seems like a nice kid...

We were looking at google.com/maps today on the computer, because the class was going over satelittes orbitting the earth...most of the kids really enjoyed it...he didnt seem to want to look at his house...pretty understandable...

We are about 500 miles from NO...

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. We are getting quite a few in our district as well

None so far in my school, but they have told us to expect some anytime now.

And in my state, kids who enroll after the third week of school are not counted for NCLB testing. That's a policy ALL states should adopt. There is a movement to make this a federal policy as well.