First Lady, Spellings Tour Gulf Coast Schools
Mrs. Bush says the need for volunteers in battered region remains high.
First lady Laura Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings dropped into three schools along the Gulf Coast last week to encourage students, parents, and educators in a region where many people still cannot return to their homes or workplaces.
Before stopping here Jan. 26 at Hancock East Central Elementary School, about 50 miles northeast of New Orleans, Mrs. Bush and Ms. Spellings visited Alice M. Harte Elementary School in the Crescent City, and St. Bernard Unified School—the only public school open in flood-wrecked St. Bernard Parish, La.
The first lady joined professional-football star Brett Favre and five students here in dedicating a school playground built by volunteers and Kaboom!, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that aims to build playgrounds across the country and 100 new play areas along...
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