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By Wednesday, some 60 Haitian children had been admitted to schools in the area, according to the county's education department.
"There's no question that Haitian children will come to south Florida. The only question is when they will arrive and how many there will be," said Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade's school superintendent.
Carvalho said new student arrivals from Haiti would follow a program focusing first on literacy and cultural transition.
Authorities in Miami said they were working with federal authorities to ensure that students could be enrolled in area schools as quickly as possible and in the correct classes, even if they had lost their identification papers in last week's disastrous 7.0-magnitude earthquake.
The school district said it will seek federal government assistance to ensure it can adequately address the educational, psychological and social needs of its newest students.
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"There's no question that Haitian children will come to south Florida. The only question is when they will arrive and how many there will be," said Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade's school superintendent.
Carvalho said new student arrivals from Haiti would follow a program focusing first on literacy and cultural transition.
Authorities in Miami said they were working with federal authorities to ensure that students could be enrolled in area schools as quickly as possible and in the correct classes, even if they had lost their identification papers in last week's disastrous 7.0-magnitude earthquake.
The school district said it will seek federal government assistance to ensure it can adequately address the educational, psychological and social needs of its newest students.
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