NOP99092701 - 27 SEPTEMBER 1999 - NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA: President Clinton speaks to students and teachers outside Sophie B. Wright Middle School in New Orleans September 27. Listening are from left: Orleans Parish Schools Chief Executive Officer Al Davis, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial and U.S. Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA), who is running for governor of Louisiana. Clinton was in New Orleans to raise money for Jefferson's campaign and to talk about education. Wright Middle School, whose students are mostly poor, was one of 50 Orleans Parish public schools labeled "academically unacceptable" by the state in ratings released last week, based on test scores and other factors. rg/aj/A.J. Sisco UPI
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