The storm's impact also closed several schools, forcing school administrators to reschedule plans for making up school closings caused by Hurricane Ivan one month earlier.
The funds were transferred directly to school bank accounts, and were managed by local committees, made up of school staff and parents, whose roles included allocating funds within the government guidelines and awarding tenders for school supplies.
The rest of their ranks were made up of school teachers, students, a labourer, a tennis professional and even a Macedonian bricklayer.
The real story she listens to from her children is made up of school, books, and their bloodless pulp; imagined loss somehow secretly feeds her sense of herself.
The district's administrators, a non-union group partly made up of school principals, have not yet had a raise proposal come before the board.
No Child... is a heart-wrenching portrayal of today's New York City public school system and the people who make up the school communities.
In some places, though, parents being asked to make up depleted school budgets are under budget pressure, too, which has left schools without a clear solution.
Although some states like Georgia make it optional to make up missed school days, a child's learning can be significantly slowed if excessive school days are missed.
In 1999, the then headteacher, John McIntosh, asked parents to make up the school's deficit.
