Patrick Dobard
CEO, New Schools for New Orleans & Former Superintendent, Louisiana Recovery School District New Orleans
I think we can move to another level of our trajectory to really creating excellent schools in New Orleans. I think before the storm schools were pretty awful, and since the storm we've moved them up to a little bit better than mediocre. But if we're being really honest, we're not anywhere near being excellent yet.
We have to continue to push with a sense of urgency, and then I think we also have to keep our elected officials invested and have them understand why this system continues to be one that's cutting-edge, and that their support and their understanding of it is critical if we're going to move forward and really empower people to continue to serve kids well.
