Abstract
This article is an autoethnographic account of the events and impacts of, as well as the response to, Hurricane Katrina on the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS). During the aftermath of the storm, thousands evacuated to Baton Rouge. The purpose of this study was to examine how 1 district systematically dealt with an influx of over 7,000 displaced children, and to explore how I operated and behaved as an upper-level district administrator in a chaotic, unpredictable context. No blueprints for response, no established procedures, and no policies existed for a disaster of this magnitude, and although other storms had impacted smaller segments of populations temporarily, Katrina's impact was, for many, profound and lasting.
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