In less than 48 hours, 15 of the 18 participants of the NLU's Service Partnerships with NOLA Schools, Summer 2008 Service Learning Team to NOLA will meet at O'Hare airport, American Airlines terminal, to begin a week of work with the teachers and administrators of KIPP Central City Academy.
This trip has been in the planning stages since summer of 2007 when 12 students and faculty traveled to NOLA to help KIPP Central City Academy set up classrooms in a temporary location on South Carrollton Street. We knew at that time that the school was waitng for word from the NOPS RSD system as to the condition of their permanent site, the old Guste school building on Thalia street, down the street from the Superdome.
A research/fact finding trip was completed in June, 2008 by Todd Price and Karen Roth to determine the status of reconstruction work planned for the new school site. (Look for a video clip of this walk through). In June it was a dismal perspective, but the call came the end of June from John Breyer, finance manager of KIPP to Karen Roth, asking for help. In one week the team of 18 was organized. Four members of this team are veterans of last summer's service trip and returned in November (2007) to present professional developement training to the teachers of Happy Times Preschool.
The team was orientated on August 2nd and we are ready to go. Last minute details include setting up lunches for the team in NOLA and collecting donations for the schools and children.
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