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August 31, 2005

Schooling must go on

This just in from CNN. In a live news conference, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that 500 buses will be sent to help evacuate people from the New Orleans Superdome and relocate them to the Houston Astrodome. As part of the effort, children will be able to attend schools in the Houston area while being housed temporarily in the Astrodome.

According to the WWLTV.com blog in New Orleans, the Lafayette Parish is opening their school doors to children who had to evacuate because of Hurricane Katrina. Parents will be able to register their children for school starting today. Burnell Lemoine, deputy superintendent and chief academic officer for the Lafayette Parish School System, says registration ends Thursday and parents will be contacted Friday to let them know what school their children should attend. He says students should be in classes by Tuesday. The children will be assigned to schools depending on the location of their temporary homes or shelters.

Also according to WWL's blog, the Dallas school district says it will open its doors to "any children of any Hurricane Katrina refugees that ask for it."

Posted August 31, 2005 12:10 PM