40 Quotes by Terry Abbott

We are investigating whether HISD policies and procedures were violated in the way the search was conducted.

We don't know at this point when we're going to resume classes. There's no way for us to know.

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.

We're trying to work with the kids to show them the right ways to do this and to keep them in school.

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.

What's at stake is reputation of the school district and the learning of the children. Those are very important things and we can't leave that to chance.

We have families who are under duress from what happened with the storm. It is natural that a situation like that is going to cause some tension.

Everything went very smoothly today. We're very proud of the kids and the staff.

There's nothing we can do about that. There's a finite amount of money. That's a fact of life.