Terry Abbott
Terry Abbott
policies procedures search violated whether
We are investigating whether HISD policies and procedures were violated in the way the search was conducted.
children disperse looking whether
We're looking at whether we can and should disperse some of the children into different schools.
afternoon bell lunch morning outside schools time
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.
anywhere chief close department fight gang increase keeps kids mean police seen watch
Our police department keeps a pretty close watch with their gang-intervention officers, and the police chief (John Blackburn) said we have not seen an increase in gang activity. Kids still fight like they do anywhere in the country, but that doesn't mean it's a gang-related issue.
behavior campus event general held inspector office
Our office of inspector general is investigating inappropriate behavior at a school-sponsored event held off campus back in February.
action department police school
The action by our police department was immediate, as was the action by school officials.
country flag fly foreign government
We're a government institution and it's not appropriate to fly the flag of a foreign country over one of our schools. It was not the right thing to do.
afford anymore cut fact funding giving grad librarians order project proposing schools small somewhere
We have some really small schools that are so small that they can't even afford counselors, librarians and nurses. In order to do that, because of the fact that the Legislature is not giving us anymore money, we have to cut somewhere and what we are proposing to cut is part of the funding for the Project Grad program.
gotten ugly
We've gotten some real ugly things. It's been disappointing.
certainly improve invested money recent security
We're working always to improve it, but we certainly have invested a lot of money in recent years to make security upgrades.
amount enormous ultimately
We've done an enormous amount of outreach on this. Ultimately it's the parents' choice.
background checks criminal directed initial involving issue produced record run
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.
efficiency successful
It's historically a successful program, but it's small, and we think we will get more efficiency at Blackshear.
children clear dignity high jones orleans respect school students treat
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.