(Prospective students) should use it only as a starting point. It is some indication that we're getting some national recognition.

We don't have a plan if a pandemic comes around, we can't turn 53 buildings, 32,000 students and 1,800 teachers into a kind of virtual school. We couldn't even do that in a year. We don't have a plan for sending curriculum by e-mail to students. We'll be doing whatever we can in the best interest of the community. . . . And we would do whatever kind of enrichment activities we could.

We want the students that are attending to drive the discussion; we want them to bring it to the forefront.

We want to see how students are feeling and get tangible steps they'd like to see taken. We want to address from a student perspective what's going on that is not being addressed.

The good news is there are a lot of good students out there.

When I saw what the hurricane did to those people, I thought about everything I've ever taught to my students about making a difference ..., and I said to myself I have to rise up and do what I can to help out.