Houston-Area Schools Welcome Evacuated New Orleans Students
Rules to be waived; retired teachers called in to serve an influx of teachers
In buses and in cars, by the dozens and by the hundreds, the students left homeless by Hurricane Katrina’s devastation are arriving in Houston.
When Texas officials announced on Aug. 31 that the state would provide a haven for Louisiana residents in the 45,000-seat Astrodome, emergency coordinators thought they might have to absorb 5,000 children into Houston-area schools. Then, the count rose to 8,000.
“Today, we just don’t know,” John E. Sawyer, the superintendent of the Harris County Department of Education, said on Sept. 1. The department is coordinating the efforts of the 26 school districts in the Houston area, all of which may see students...
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