As a district, we're very impressed with the organization the students showed; we appreciate their discipline. The district administrators made an appearance to support them — its shows them we're listening.

We've always dealt with unruly students. In the past, I think discipline was more severe and perhaps the code of conduct was followed more stringently.

We feel the discipline is lax and that the safety of the students is in question.

We do new groups, but we have the same old people, and people get burned out and tired. Look up at the podium, and it's the same people who spoke out when Moshe (Rogers) was killed. If they're the same ones up there 20 years from now, they're going to be running these programs from a walker.

These young people represent the heart and soul of the legacy of the East Aurora Tomcats. This weekend, they made history by taking that legacy to new heights and setting new standards in our school, city, state and country.

They came back in droves. And they came back in good spirits.