Schools react to rising Hispanic population - Mississippi

The number of students in the Pascagoula School District who primarily speak a language other than English has more than doubled since Hurricane Katrina, school officials said. The influx of mostly Spanish-speaking students has pushed the district to hire additional English-language staff.

The number of Spanish-speaking students inside the Jackson County and Moss Point school districts has also risen since the storm, which increased the Gulf Coast’s Hispanic population as laborers moved here looking for work.”*

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