Well, I enjoyed the interview and I can tell every one of the principals
that I have interviewed, the '64s and the '89s, have been real educators
and I have come to believe that an administrator is an administrator is
an administrator. It doesn't matter about the years, but the way you
answer the questions and I think that everyone that I have interviewed
really loves children. I asked the question, what is the most important
thing in your career and it is seeing something happen with the
children. I think that is something that we have lost by not having as
many black administrators because the role model, setting the stage or
charting the course for the students through your selection of personnel is very important and when that is out of your
hands it is hard to do that. But I have hope and I have a dream that one
day we will regain our place in education with the changing
demographics. We are having more and more minorities. That has happened
in our Statesville City School System. We are almost 50% with the
minority students but we do not have minority teachers. I'm thinking
that some of our problem can be eliminated if we had teachers who
understood the situation. I really appreciate you taking your time on
your Saturday, your day of leisure, to interview with me.