Principal Brian Witaker is faced with some strange and funny challenges as he negotiates the new school year. What do you do with a peeping Tom science teacher? Or a pot-smoking head custodian? Or an art teacher who wants to use nude models in class? Or an ex-Marine sergeant who’s too gung-ho about teaching the school band how to march?

Besides humor, this unpredictable story shows how a principal’s patience, compassion and leadership can change lives. Witaker must deal with a new dress code, student death and a homeless man who lives on school property. Its touching ending will remind us why our high school days were so important as a foundation to the rest of our lives.

 

About the Author

Author and retired educator Carl L. Trombley grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He has over 35 years of experience in education, most of them as a principal. After serving in the Navy, he graduated from Southern Connecticut State University and earned a master’s and sixth year degree at the University of Hartford.  He and his wife, Ann, have three daughters, three grandchildren, and live in Middlebury, Connecticut.