First Catholic school in New Orleans' French Quarter set to open

Published: 2005-10-13

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cleaning out the cafeteria refrigerator filled with pre-hurricane milk boxes was just one of the many hurdles the Dominican Sisters faced in getting Cathedral Academy School in the French Quarter of New Orleans set to reopen Oct. 17. "We have to roll up our sleeves and get to work," said Dominican Sister Mary Rose Bingham, school principal. "No one else is going to clean the refrigerator or sweep the playground," she said of the myriad tasks the sisters faced once they were able to get onto the school property just weeks before it was ready to open its doors. The school is the first to reopen on the east side of Orleans Parish, a civil entity. Public schools in this section of the city have yet to announce reopening dates.

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