Annie Cambria

They say the last 10% of anything is the hardest part to get done. Those last 5 pounds, that last mile of the race, the last few schools of a city altering $2 Billion School Rebuilding Program. The national and local focus may have shifted to other priorities, but for...

Paul Pastorek

The day before Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on our beautiful, yet vulnerable city, the school buildings in New Orleans were already neglected, dilapidated and non-compliant with electrical and fire codes. I remember the bathrooms in many schools pre-Katrina were awful – completely disrespectful of the students who used them –...