It's a good thing we don't judge the quality of the public schools in New Orleans by the quality of the Katrina evacuee students that the Houston Independent School District took in after the hurricane....

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That is an absolutely amazing story. I had always wondered how they reopened so fast. Especially since most everyone was still evacuated.

It all starts with good stewardship of their money.
It's no supprise the Govt made so many hurdles to jump through. They can really learn a lesson from this........maybe?......ok probably not.

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I understand. My local public school system gained about 5,000 students from Katrina and Rita. It has had a huge impact with my wife (3rd grade teacher) as a good example. Her class went from 19 to 24 kids, 3 from Rita, 2 from Katrina. One Katrina kid was behind but intelligent and so, was able to catch-up over the course of the years. The other was a victim of repeated sexual abuse in NOLA (boyfriend of crack-mom) and herself both emotionally disturbed and mildly retarded.

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70% of the Katrina students here in Houston had to be held back a grade from last year.

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Before Katrina the State of Louisiana was moving to seize control of the NOLA public school system citing nearly a decade of concrete evidence of local failure and misuse of tax dollars.

Katrina save the state a hell of a headache.

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