St. Augustine and St. Mary's students are currently attending school on Xavier Prep's campus. The unified institution is called the MAX School. Xavier Prep's principal told me that a lot of these families are enduring the worst of post-Katrina New Orleans. This school is truly making the best of a terrible situation.
Yesterday they had a band practice on the street. It was a beautiful thing. Carnival was in the air, even if there is still too much pain and rubble in the streets.
Rode my bike over with my 2-year-old and snapped these. Too bad you can't hear what it sounded like.
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how cool is that?
These photos make us realize what promise our city has for youth.
The "band" is not something dorks do in New Orleans.
It is our heritage.
As an alum of Xavier Prep, this makes me very happy.
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