Holiday Parade Hits Home for New Orleans' King School

Third and 4th graders, wearing black berets and carrying their school banner, led the procession up Claiborne Avenue in the Lower Ninth Ward. Next came the band—mostly 7th graders—clad in red jackets and white gloves. Sequined baton twirlers and dancers high-stepped behind the band’s drummers, while cheerleaders chanted and shook red,...

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