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Student Evacuees in Columbia Public Schools

September 20, 2005
By: Kristen Commander
State Capital Bureau

There are now 1,200 more students in Missouri classrooms since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Kristen Commander has more from Jefferson City.

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In Columbia Public Schools forty-six new students have enrolled in classes. Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lynn Barnett says the school district is handling the extra students just fine.

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Contents: "It really hasn't been a problem at all. Everybody has been very accomodating and it's just gone very well."

Barnett says she doesn't know how long the new students will be staying in Columbia. She says Columbia schools are used to new students, so accomodating for the evacuees while they're here isn't a problem. Reporting from the state capital, I'm Kristen Commander.

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Columbia Public Schools are currenlty doing everything they can to offer some comfort in the classroom for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Kristen Commander has more from Jefferson City.

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All ninteen schools in the Columbia Public School District are accepting student evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Paxton Keeley Elementary School has welcomed six of the forty-six now calling Columbia their home. Principal Elaine Hassemer says she thinks the students are transitioning well to their new surroundings.

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Contents: "I think they seem very excited to be somewhere and have a home and be getting re-established."

Hassemer says her administration is introducing the students to the community through new student classes. Hassemer says the school is also offering counseling sessions to help student thru this transition time. Reporting from the state capital, I'm Kristen Commander