The ones that we could not transfer students from was junior high and high schools,

Schools like Grove City, Brigham Young, and Hillsdale are some of our more popular schools. Their students are usually of very high caliber.

We have been contacted by several member schools that already have enrolled students from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi displaced by the storm,

We have two schools with high numbers of disadvantages students. Now, the state mandates a 22-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio in the classroom, but what we do right now is have a 19-to-1 student ratio from pre-kindergarten to third grade at those (economically disadvantaged) campuses. The third grade is when they start TAKS and reading. We want to make sure we have those kids prepared for their future. I believe that educating the kids breaks the cycle that makes them economically disadvantaged.

We don't want to have available seats in nearby schools. The district is looking to move students to seats.

The first priority of those schools caught in Katrina's path is the students, staff and families who have been put in harm's way, ... It is too early to say what the exact solutions will be, but the national office will work to accommodate these unique and unfortunate circumstances.