"I am writing to urge you to support the $30 million allocation for Gulf Coast education in H.R. 1591.
I was just down in New Orleans last week with an interfaith group of 30 members of the Yale community. We worked each day at a neighborhood organization and saw the complete inadequacy of the federal response -18 months after the storm. We attended a Neighborhood Partnership Network meeting on education, and though many people are working to overcome the shortages the public school system faces in New Orleans,a federal response is needed. There is an urgent need for more money, especially in the schools most directly affected by the storm. As students return, they are being turned away from school because the system does not have enough teachers. That is why I urge you to support the $30 million allocation for Gulf Coast education (HR 1591)."
--Ariela Rothstein
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