The Washington-based bank's grant will also help the Caribbean country develop a safe schools action plan and train school officials to enforce new building codes. Most Haitian students attend underfunded private schools that are often poorly constructed. The World Bank's announcement Thursday said 964 schools that served 200,000 students were damaged in storms last August and September. Nearly 100 people were killed when a school near Port-au-Prince collapsed during a party in November. (AP, 3/6/09)