How Sandra Bullock helped a New Orleans school after Katrina

Sandra Bullock has an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and, in 2010 and again in 2014, was ranked as the highest-paid actress in the world. Ask her where her money did the most good, and the answer is not a film deal.It is a flooded high school in New Orleans. Bullock has backed Warren Easton Charter High School since 2006, months after Hurricane Katrina shut its doors. It was one of the best investments she ever made. No wonder she was an honorary member of the Warren Easton Hall of Fame in 2009. She had every right to be there. Her efforts in rebuilding the school post-Katrina were notable.The flood closed the school doorsKatrina closed the school's building and left about $4 million in damage. In Mid-City, Warren Easton, one of the oldest public high schools in Louisiana, was on the verge of shutting down. Local officials considered closing it. Alumni, students and faculty raised private funds to reopen it as a charter school.Sandra Bullock had a personal connection with New Orleans. Her adopted son was born in the city, and so she hoped to rescue the school. The slow response from the government also made her help necessary.The giving came in pieces: band uniforms, athletic locker...