In key step toward normalcy, classes begin in Haiti
By Jacqueline Charles and Trenton Daniel, Miami Herald Some schools in Port-au-Prince have re-opened — the latest sign the region is finding a semblance of normalcy. PORT-AU-PRINCE — Some arrived in brightly colored uniforms, others in street clothes without book bags. After weeks of idle time, sleeping in tents or damaged homes, thousands of eager students returned to school Monday as Haitian authorities officially resumed the start of classes in this quake-battered capital. “Everything’s different,” said Conrad Martin, 14. “All my study habits are different.” Martin awoke at 5:30 a.m., two hours earlier than usual to get to Collège Catts Pressoir, a private school in the middle-class neighborhood of Bourdon. His home in Canape Vert was destroyed, and he and his parents now live in cramped quarters with his older sister. The Haitian government has made relaunching schools one of […]