I deal with communications folks from the various Houston area school districts on a regular basis. I didn't know about this story until the week of 9/11. Spring Branch ISD's Terry Abbott served as chief of staff to the US Secretary of Education (a former Houston ISD superintendent) during the first year of George W. Bush administration. He was with Bush and many others at a school in Florida the moment the President learned that a second plane struck the second World Trade Center tower. They were in FL for an education-related press event. I spoke with Abbott about a day he says he vividly remembers.
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