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I just want my baby back. i just want her back. >> reporter: police say terrilynn monette, 26-year-old transplant from california who taught second grade, was last seen on march 2nd. this popular bar in the lake view area of the city. friends told cnn affiliate wwl monette was all celebrating her recent nomination for teacher of the year, turning one of the lowest performing classes into one of the highest achievers in just months. the bars general manager told cnn she appeared to have too much ...

Its well into its second week, an intense search by new orleans police for a missing, recently honored school teacher. after all this time, her family and friends are growing increasingly desperate. >> i might be sitting here, i might look strong, but inside im just breaking. im just breaking. i just want my baby back. i just want her back. >> reporter: police say terrilynn monnette, the 26-year-old who taught second grade was last seen at this popular bar in the lakeview section of the city. fr...

>> reporter: police say terrilynn monette, the 26-year-old transplant from california who taught second grade was seen on march 2nd at this popular bar. friends told cnn affiliate wwl monette was out celebrating her recent nomination for teacher of the year, turning one of the lowest performing classes into one of the highest achievers in just months. the bars general managered to she appeared to have too much to drink and was cut off by a bartender. police said she then decided to sleep it off ...

>> we have to deal with the new social ramifications of the bombardment and the immediacy of the social intersection between violence, the realism in games and movies, some young people, as they are making the transition from the teen years into adulthood are not able to make that transition and there does need to be help. we are going to need to look to families and communities and churches. it is not a government solution. >> reporter: the congresswoman saying today, and these are her words --...

Interviewed for in movie because she and her daughter have lived this story. shes coordinator of the desert trails parent union in california and shes my guest. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: so tell me what your struggle was with your child and what you wanted to happen when she went to school. struggled withghter was a slow reading and we put her in special day class so that she could get caught up with the rest of the students cause she was a repetitive learner. she didnt ...

Story again. >> reporter: when the program began three years ago, only 37% of kids in kindergarten through second grade were reading at or above the national benchmark. by the end of the first school year 66% were. thats a 29-point jump in eight months. >> one of my students did mention that you didnt know anything about retailing. >> i didnt. i didnt. there were all sorts of things that were novel to me. >> reporter: what may be most pioneering is the uncommon partnership between public school ...

>> thats the problem. >> the other thing is parents are much more involved in schools now than they were before, right? they talk about helicopter parents. it seems to me teachers are under a lot of pressure all the time. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say kim can talk about this better, because its so darn competitive to get into good schools. >> sure it is. they have a lot of psychological problems and anxiety and stress and the kids was always in school and did well, may 27 he had an a plus, ...

Teacher went out of their way to give you a grade you did not deserve. >> thats what they contend. this teacher has disappeared. she was there and then shes gone on leave of absence then retired and shes had a history of this stuff. so what do you think? is this a legitimate thing to do? >> im a christian guy and wouldnt lie, my son, hes little, first, second grade, straight as, third grade, first semester he gets a c in math and hes got a brilliant math mind. i see the the teacher in a restaura...

Defense of the cattle farmer. >> i said theyre doing well. >> theyre not. theyre under tough times. >> theyre doing the best theyve ever done right -- the sale of beef. >> the facts dont support that but i love dairy and i love meat. >> let me point out beef prices are up as andrea pointed out, so are feed and transportation costs and -- >> im saying i went to speak to them and ive never seen a happier group. >> i spoke to the cattlemen association and youre not speaking out? >> i said those -- ...

If this is been me when i was a kid and my parents would have been in courtrooms all the time. in california a family is suing a teacher, chemistry teach, school district, the principal because the young boy, 0 who is 17, got a c plus in chemistry and had as and bs in everything else and they insist the teacher didnt like him and gave him a c plus and thats why theyve sued the school. kimberly, can you sue because of this. >> you can do a lawsuit and issue a formal complaint. its a precedent set...