During Hurricane Katrina, a school principal had to step up to help protect thousands from the rising waters.

Grab your lunch from the cash-and-carry and join us on Tuesday, 14 January, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Rivergate Room of the Convention Center, where we will show WLAE-TV’s recently released documentary entitled, “The Warner Way: The 50 Year Legacy of Principal Wayne Warner.”

Chalmette High School (CHS) Principal Wayne Warner is the longest serving principal in the nation. He started his teaching career in 1966 as a librarian, then later a teacher, and eventually became principal of CHS in 1973. He led the school through the civil rights movement, disco, 9/11, the internet and cell phones, and COVID. He also led the school and St. Bernard Parish during its deepest crisis: Hurricane Katrina. CHS served as a shelter of last resort during the storm, with Principal Warner at the helm. As flood waters rose, CHS provided shelter for thousands of locals who had nowhere else to turn. 

Warner is a man of great humility–and of immeasurable and far-reaching impact. Attend this screening to learn about a local hero from interviews with colleagues, parents, students, friends, and Wayne Warner himself!.