Newmark’s Door extracts the critical quote from the NY Times article on the challenges of education in New Orleans…
“Most of the kids come from broken homes,” he said. “Their parents are dead, in jail or on drugs. You can tell the kids from two-parent homes. They’re getting straight A’s, and they are respectful.”
The local school district is asking for a mill levy overide of $14.5 million and a bond issue of $210 million. I’m not sure how you address the children from broken homes, but it sure seems like that’s the first issue to address.
