Majority of New Orleans Independent Schools Still Closed
Only one of the 11 independent schools in the greater New Orleans area that were affected by Hurricane Katrina has reopened, though most expect to reopen by January, private school leaders said last week.
The facilities are in good enough shape to open soon at eight of the 10 sites still closed, so “it’s a matter of, ‘if I open my doors, who is coming?’ ” said Geoffrey C. Butler, the executive director of the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest, based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Christ Episcopal School in Covington, La., a community north of Lake Pontchartrain, became the first of the independent schools to reopen when it resumed the school year on Sept. 12. All but six of the school’s previous 460 students in preschool through 8th grade have returned, said Pam Sims, the assistant to the headmaster. The school has enrolled an additional 80 students displaced from other schools because of the devastating...
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