We've been going and visiting schools, and we have either met at, or plan to meet at, every elementary school. We're inviting people to give us ideas, and to address the enrollment issues. It's a very open process.

I think our schedule does a great job in preparing us for the sectional. We're looking forward to playing schools our size. We've taken some lumps, but we've learned from our mistakes and we're starting to make progress.

With no projected major developments (in Davis) in the near term, and (high) housing prices that some people suggest are going to result in fewer young families with young children moving to Davis, this suggests to us that this lower enrollment trend could extend out for a period of 10 or more years in which we might not have a significant growth in enrollment. But we don't know yet.

What we're [seeing] in several cases is the insurance company refusing to stand behind these schools saying that's an intentional act.

Sometimes you don't receive because you don't ask. Schools are competitive. They want numbers. They want the school full.

He designed the courtyards at Moss and Campbell schools, and did a master plan for the high school involving the fields project. He designed an outdoor environmental classroom at Edgar Middle School, and he worked with the Friends of Tommy's Pond on a planting design for it, for which students from his classes at Rutgers would also produce designs. Steve also designed the Carol Leach Memorial Garden at the First Presbyterian Church.