Terry Abbott
Terry Abbott
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We want to make sure that our testing process is absolute integrity. Parents need to know that the academic results are real. They need to know that children are learning.
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We're trying to work with the kids to show them the right ways to do this and to keep them in school.
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We're looking at whether we can and should disperse some of the children into different schools.
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We don't know at this point when we're going to resume classes. There's no way for us to know.
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We are investigating whether HISD policies and procedures were violated in the way the search was conducted.
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We're having more patrols outside of the schools in the morning bell time and afternoon bell time, and also during cafeteria time -- lunch time.
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The principal has the ultimate authority for a school-sponsored event.
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We understand the concern of the parents. Our first concern, of course, was the safety of the children. When TSU informed us that the building was dangerous, we moved very quickly to relocate the children. Officials here have worked many hours since then to find a permanent home for MCTC and have had many discussions with parents to keep them updated on the search.
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We must continue to match resources with the needs of our children. Our children deserve the best education we can give them, and it's very important that we make absolutely the best use of these resources we have available.
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We made that decision based on the educational needs of the children. We did not want to sacrifice four days of those kids' academic lives.
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We directed them to go back and run another set of background checks after the issue at Attucks involving the custodian because his initial background check had not produced any record of a criminal conviction.
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The quickest way to earn a ticket out of Jones High School and into detention is to hurt one of those students from New Orleans. They've made it very clear to the Jones High School students that the children from New Orleans are our guests. We must treat them with all the dignity and respect we can.