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And one person i want to end with is somebody that many of you know the superintendent of schools in st. bernards parish, doris vorche. now, when katrina's waters rose doris and the faculty and staff of the high school saved the lives of hundreds of their neighbors, many of them old and sick, by moving them to shelter in the school's second floor. two days later, they led 1,200 people to safety. the day after that with her community in ruins, the superintendent was on her way to brounlg to make sure her schools would open that fall. failure is not an option became her motto. when some governme...

Of the high school saved the lives of hundreds of their neighbors, many of them old and sick, by moving them to shelter in the school's second floor. two days later, they led 1,200 people to safety. the day after that, with her community in ruins, the superintendent was on her way to baton rouge to make sure her schools would open that fall. failure is not an option, became her motto. when some government officials gave her the runaround, she plowed ahead on her own, secured loans, finding portable classrooms and books and doing everything it took to make sure her kids, our kids, could return ...