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Katrina Recovery Information for Mississippi Department of Education
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Matching Donations to School District Needs
In order to help match school needs to offers of assistance we have created the Hurricane Katrina Help and Support site. The site contains information on ways to find assistance and offers several avenues for providing assistance.

Please check the site often. More information is being added as it becomes available.

For more information:
Hurricane Katrina
Recovery Hotline
1-866-856-2213
(8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

Due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina, some MDE conferences and meetings have been postponed or canceled and several program deadlines have been extended. A list of some of these events is posted below. The list will be updated as information is made available.

Date/Location Event Action/Contact
   
September 29 Deadline for John D. Bower, M.D. School Health Network grant application Extended to 3 p.m., October 27
Shane McNeill (601) 359-1737
psmcneill@mde.k12.ms.us
October 12
Jackson 		Meeting of the Commission to Study the Restructuring of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) Cancelled
October 16-18
Jackson		 MASA Annual Conference Postponed until early spring
www.msasa.org
October 21-22
Choctaw		 MAESA Fall Drive-In Conference Postponed
Sunnie Barkley
sbarkley@desoto.k12.ms.us