I shared the thought with a friend that it would be nice to run my own school, never dreaming it would come about.

The average age of the diesel mechanic that's out there working, over 50 percent of the work force is going to be of retirement age in the next five to eight years. It's already difficult to find a mechanic.

Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able to maintain until I got to the grammar school.

I anticipate that for the first few days of school at least, we'll be working the kinks out and then hopefully everything will be in full swing after that.

Those enrollment figures reinforce the fact that we need to open the new high school as soon as possible,

This means everything. Everybody at our school, they didn't think we could do it. They thought Prairie was going to run us off the court.