This school cannot be about me, ... I've always had a vision that this school would continue to grow. I knew it couldn't stay this way.

I've taught everything, ... I've taught kindergarten. I've taught adult school at night. I taught math in high school for nine years. I think I have broad experience. I made a purpose to study multi-age education and how it benefits children.

In any classroom, all children are not on the same level, ... When I was a high school teacher, I stood in front of the class and taught algebra. But I learned before I left that I had to walk down the aisles and look at each person's paper and see what each person is doing. That's my philosophy. You teach individuals, you don't teach algebra.

The vision of putting students first started with Bob in 1959, ... That same vision is guiding the decisions we?re making now in planning for the future.

I'm interested in what their vision for the high school will be. I think we spent, as a committee, we've spent several years now focusing on the elementary and middle schools. Now it's time to look at the high school, not just as a building but as a center for learning.

We think we've given (the school board) a clear vision.? The best approach is to make a strong commitment and make it teamwork to work with the school board.