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we think starting school is going to be

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a major step in the healing process for

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our community because this is normal .

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It's the way it should be , kids should

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be in school and they should be

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learning , we also believe it was

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critically important to start school on

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time because this is their only

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opportunity to have their second grade

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year or their junior year or whatever

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it happens to be for them . And they

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have to have high quality education for

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that because our country is counting on

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that for our future because these

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Children are our future . It's been an

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incredible journey when this is

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actually the facility that we got the

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permission to begin work on the latest .

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It's the largest of the build outs that

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we've had to do for our replacement

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facilities and it's come together .

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It's been wonderful . But it's been ,

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it's come together because of A lot of

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people and so our success to start on

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time on August 17 is about school

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district people and community people

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and architects and Engineers and the

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Corps of Engineers and and plumbers and

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electricians and tons and tons of

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volunteers .

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So then it became okay , here's a

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building , but it's not big enough to

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hold everyone . What are we going to do ?

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And that's where Army Corps came in an

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army cord is my hero . They got on

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site . They established a deadline .

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They actually finished three days

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before deadline . I got the keys this

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morning . You know , I think for me I

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have a much larger global awareness

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When the core was down here . Initially

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a person told me there were 18 natural

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disasters happening . I never really

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paid attention . You know , when I

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would hear one of these sad stories , I

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would be sad for them , I would pray

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for them , but it didn't really impact

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me directly . Now when I hear it , it's

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like , oh my goodness , now I can say I

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kind of know what they're going through .

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I didn't know the Army Corps of

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Engineer before . I didn't know what

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you guys did . I don't even think I

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knew your title before and now I know

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how crucial it is , the role that you

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play in helping us get back to our new

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normal .