Meg Casper Quotations

We're a different entity coming in from the outside, and we have to put our resources where our moth is and show parents we can do a better job. Displaced parents were able to see what a better school system looks like, and they are now calling us and demanding that we provide the same, if not better. And we agree.

I went to Texas schools and came to Louisiana and I adjusted just fine. There was not culture shock.

The system was academically and financially bankrupt before the storm. We think there were a lot of good teachers and administrators working in the system, but there was just a lot of mismanagement.

School districts should be back in better shape, back to where they were before the hurricanes hit.

People think it's a little ambitious but we feel we need to be prepared for the maximum and not get caught unprepared. We have committed to do this.

The money we get to rebuild depends largely on contents and varies widely. They're trying to do good. They're trying to help, but the work started happening before all the avenues had cleared.

None of the old students are there. So you can't compare performance. These things are still up in the air.

These numbers are going to be very fluid for a very long time until we get a handle on things.