New Orleans native Andreneka Gilmore was delivered a one-two punch that would devastate any teenager.
First, her New Orleans neighborhood and school were wiped out by Hurricane Katrina last August. Then, after fleeing to Houston, she failed her classes because her special-education needs were ignored, said her mother, Tiki Hicks.
Hicks said administrators in a Houston-area school district didn't grasp the severity of the learning challenges as well as emotional problems that stemmed from the consequences of the storm. |