First New Orleans public school reopens its classrooms - Yahoo! News

First New Orleans public school reopens its classrooms - Yahoo! News: "First New Orleans public school reopens its classrooms

Tue Nov 29, 2:53 AM ET

NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) - As Benjamin Franklin Elementary School became the first New Orleans public school to re-open since Hurricane Katrina struck, Layana Breashears' twin fifth graders offered a split decision on whether they are happy to be back.
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Lynnell is happy to be back in a classroom, but Donnell was more skeptical, shaking his head.

'There's no stores open,' he says.

Breashears enrolled her children eagerly on Monday morning. The family had just returned to New Orleans from Alexandria, Louisiana, over the Thanksgiving holiday."