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Gabe  Sonnier

All I say is God is a good  at Port Barre Elementary in Port Barre, La. the former janitor Gabe” Sonnier  is now the principal at that school. This journey  began in 1985 when Port Barre’s then-principal pulled Sonnier aside and told him  ‘I’d rather see you grading papers than picking them up,'”  Gabe had drop out of Southern University back in 1979 to take care of his mother, so he made his mind up. He went to work at 5 in the morning left at 7 am go to school then come back and finish his work all at the age of 39. In 2008 he earned his bachelors and went from a janitor to teaching then he later received his  master’s through Arkansas State University. Gabe work as a janitor for 27 years  Read More