For the long term, the best way to help is to support local nonprofits, ... [Katrina evacuees] will be with us for a while, and we are the ones that are prepared to handle this long term and go the distance. |
I would imagine we could probably employ, if the credentials are right, probably at least another 50 teachers. |
No. This hasn't happened before. |
Our arms are opened wide for them to come work for us and we'd like to assist them to be a teacher in Arkansas. |
So often, it's seen as that if you're not for the war, you're not for the troops. We're so much for the troops that we want them home safely. |
The No. 1 thing circulating in my head regarding Katrina's impact on the community, is how they will impact our city and how their culture will affect ours, ... We gave them a lot, but they came with a lot, not in possessions, but in their hearts, and their souls and their culture. I want people to see our new neighbors as new assets to our community. This will be great for our city. |
We think this is a win-win situation both for Arkansas schools in need of teachers and for displaced educators in need of a job until they are able to return to their homes. |
What happened was on such a massive scale that it triggered a massive response, but we didn't forget our own homeless folks, |
When you have the small companies without the aid of expert advice on intellectual property interests, then they get confused and they go awry, ... a very small fish. |