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Show DAILY HE RALD al New Orleanscould could take.25 years to recover Lara Jakes Jordan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS new cogts “an outrage” and de- | Quarter Century| i| Not overnight: Don Pow. | Orleans’ rebirth will hinge | | on restoring housing, en- eeeceery Sareeoe Bush administration's Gulf Coast | i ‘suring safety and encour- || | next 60 days, he says the Army Corps of Engineers | | | will strengthen levees and build storm-proof pumping stations and | | control and could take up to a with the money Without the additional cash, Blanco said, some of the hard- WASHINGTON — Much of New Orleans's rebirth from Hurricane Katrina hinges on factors beyond the government's || manded that Congress come up ell says much of New “Wehaven't decided what to ask for,” Powell said, leaving | aging private investment. | Pian of action: Over the recovery chief said Thursday. More immediately, as much as $59billion more for work on est-hit areas probably wouldn't receive the levee repairs needed to give them the protection they had before Katrina. “Obviouslyall sections will not open the possibility that the feder- be secure,” she said. But Powell said all levees will be rebuilt at least to pre-Katrina al government may not agree to fund the entire bill, and will look to Louisiana and New Orleans to share some of the costs. But he said that decision and levels, and perhaps even stronger, by June 1. Over the next 60days, he said, the Corps will the release of newflood maps would probably happen in a flood gates. put armoron levees and build storm-proof pumping stations and flood gates that would close certain parts of NewOrleans’ ca- “relatively short periodof time ng requirement siana lawmakers who said they fear the levees won't be ready — ina matter of days.” June start of the 2006 hurricane ‘Season. JULIA MALAKIE/Associated Press Test anxiety: Star Wang,16, of Dedham, Mass., fiddles with a handful of No. 2 pencils during herfinal SATprep class at Kaplan ment, coming Obdaratiiees te. hurricane season begins. “This is enormously frustrat- ing to me,” said Sen. David Vit- ington will agree to pay for leyee work as the Army Corps of Engineers seeks to build them higher and stronger. The Corps’ certification of the with housing,public safety and nals if there were a major storm. “If another Katrina (level) storm hit after that work's done, there would be some topping Louisiana aires caged the talk of a new funding requir overnight, or I do, but it’s going totake some time,” he said. “This could be five to 25 years for it all to fit into place.” Powell said it was unclear how much of the $5.9 billion Wash- to protect New Orleans by the levees is crucial for drawing new city flood maps, which will deterwho Powell said “will be in con- * mine insurance rates. Without private investment are largely decided by local authorities ter, R-La. “I've been telling them think NewOrleansis always subject to some kindofflooding, since last November that they've sought waytoo little money for essential levee work,and this but it would not be catastrophictype flooding.” Ina conference call with finally confirms that. Only it comes after months of stonewall- reporters, Army Corpsof Engi-' neers Maj. Gen. Don Riley said the new costsare the result of ing, with the new hurricane sea- ‘son right around the corner.” In Baton Rouge,Gov. Kathleen trol of their destiny.” + “Wekind of want it to happen ongoing repairs and studies of Blanco, a Democrat,called the the levees. Test Prep and Admissions in Newton, Mass., Sunday. She plans to take the SAT on April 1, thefirst sitting of the test since more than 4,000 exams taken last October weregiven incorrectlylow scores. Bod SATerrors increase We never stop working for your TH students’ test anxiety Justin Pope THE ASSOCIATED PRESS different machines and on dif- NEWTON, Mass. — With the big test coming Saturday, the final SAT prep class was part strategy session, part pep rally. Instructor Cary Wagner ran was onereason she decided to for students to remember: water, a watch, tissues, a sugary snack. take the exam both Saturday and thena secondtimethis spring instead of waiting until thefall for a second try — as Then he gaveonelasttip: try to relax. Of all the advice during the Kaplan course,that may prove the hardest to follow. Big tests alwaysare nerve-racking but that’s especially true this year, with the high-strung world of college admissions buzzing in the wakeofrevelations that more than 4,000 SAT exams taken last October were given incorrectly low scores. “Thereis sort of this fear most students do. “Youjust don’t knowif it’s going to happen again,” she said. Wagnersaid he never brought up the scoring errors with students duringclass, though they talked about them repeated: Amongthem, each SeeCCUGLORCura| ECS UCR) tonal as during breaks. “It's not something you really AQaaeeetiescael should be anxious about,” he BRCaMmaCrRecsty said. “Butit's.going to bring up the anxietylevel, particularly of the Type A students.” a high schooljunior, as sheleft class last weekend. Saturday’s SATis thefirst sitting of the test since the problems came to light. The College Board, which owns the exam, saysit is taking several new steps to ensure that noneof the problems from last October are exam will be scored twice, by ymleo4 But Star Wangisn’t taking any chances. She said the error downthe checklist of things — whatif they score the tests wrong?” said AlexandraJiang, ferent days. Astheprepfinalclass in this high-achieving Boston suburb broke up,students said they did not expect further problems. 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