Our school is very open to new students and we love having people come from other places. We feel it is important to open up our doors to them and help them in any way possible.

We have three students from Metairie, La., and two students from Slidell, [La.].

There are a lot of untied ends so far, but we want to get these students into school, in a stable environment, as soon as possible. We want these students to be in an environment where they will be cared for - that will help them rebuild their lives and give them a sense that they are moving on.

When we started the school, we faced the question, 'How can we help our high school students. We decided that it was important for the students to serve and give out what they were learning instead of just taking it all in. Our mission trips are an important component to our school.

Students love it and they're excited weeks prior to the project. As far as I know we're the only school in the district that has a program like this.

We called mainly business people who would be familiar with the school district. Not one person had anything bad to say about Dr. Miller.