(CNN) -- High school athletic director Brian Bordainick felt like he'd been shot when he learned the crushing news about his "9th Ward Field of Dreams" project. Coach Shyrone Carey, left, and athletic director Brian Bordainick are rebuilding a once-dominant football team. Architects who had agreed to help the Katrina battered Carver High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, win an NFL grant to build a $2 million stadium were pulling out -- the weekend before a Monday deadline. The firm apologized, Bordainick said, but it would not be able to provide a design proposal for the facility, which was critical to winning the $200,000 grant.
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High school hit hard by Katrina aims to build $2 million sports field with donations
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Four years after storm, all 530 students attend classes in FEMA trailers
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23-year-old athletic director leads fundraising campaign -- much of which is online
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Supporters: Facility will help students develop pride, discipline for successful life
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