Sunday, September 05, 2010

N.O. school focuses on children of immigrants

Workers who moved to New Orleans after Katrina have brought their children and the schools have had to add more English language classes. - - Donna Poisl

by Lucy Bustamante

NEW ORLEANS -- Until the 2010 census numbers come out, we won't have an idea of how many Hispanic workers came to the city of New Orleans after Katrina. But many agencies like schools, the police department and the medical industry don't need to count to feel the impact and the need to adjust to their population.

The proof: Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the Esperanza School - that's Hope School in English – started to specifically cater to the children of new immigrants. And it only grows every year.
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