Episode 10 Kasie Mainiero - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Kasie Mainiero, Principal of University Elementary School, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development with the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:32 1. Kasie, if I’m not mistaken you have worked in Caddo Parish schools for 24 years. Talk to me about some of the positive changes you have seen take place in Caddo Parish schools during your career so far?

 

4:22 2. What are some of the biggest challenges you face as the principal at University?

 

6:12 3. You once said:

 

“I truly believe students cannot reach academic goals without having their basic needs like love and safety met first. We have to help them deal with the stress, pressures and trauma to build a positive relationship with them before we’re able to get them where they need to be. This is what elementary school should be about. Building trusting relationships with children, showing them that school can be a positive place where they can learn and grow.”

 

Talk to me if you could a little about the quote above.

 

20:58 4. University has formed a We Care partnership with Community Renewal. Can you speak a little about this program and what it is?

 

21:04 5. I assume that parents and schools form a crucial relationship, that parents play a major role in a child’s success at school. Can you speak a little about this? What are the key things a parent can do to supplement the work you and your staff do at University?

 

27:18 6. You are involved with the future kids of Shreveport-Bossier. As you look to the future of our community, what makes you optimistic?