Complete Coverage

Resuming Sports, Student Council Seen as Help to Katrina Recovery

Educators across the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast are helping many thousands of student evacuees take part in sports and other aspects of campus life—activities that can help students and communities return to the rhythms of daily life.

Glen East, the superintendent of the 6,200-student Gulfport, Miss., district, said high school football games are especially important in the region, where they often are the largest gatherings in many towns during the fall.

Playing games again will return “some normalcy in a community,” said Mr. East, who estimated his district would open classes in early to mid-October. “It is something that...