Confusion, hope as more students register for New Orleans schools

Confusion over who is running which public school in post-Katrina New Orleans complicated Monday's first day of registration for 18 of those schools, which have been taken over by the state because of poor pre-Katrina performance.

New Orleans had more than 110 public schools with enrollment totaling 60,000 before the storm hit Aug. 29. Only about 20 were open by spring with an estimated 9,500 students.

How many students will be back this fall is uncertain but there are currently plans to open more than 50 public schools with capacityi for more than 30,000 students. However, only a handful of those schools are being run by the beleaguered New Orleans School Board.

from the Times Picayune

from New Orleans City Business