Initially, there was a concern about overcrowding at West Springfield. That led to the staff indirectly looking at closing split feeders, because we saw that overcrowding there wasn't really an issue.

I know parents and families are looking at alternative financing to get it built so the impact of the middle school is less significant.

There is nothing I can say to some of these families to make them believe we're going to get this 100 percent right. We have to earn their trust and we know we have some work to do. We expect parents to be very wary of what's going on.

Those are two very good and extremely talented teams. Our main concern is sticking our routines though. I'm not concerned about who wins the meet. We just need to score well.

Obviously, a lot of guys on the team have family there. There's a great deal of concern because it's a very powerful storm.

That was the tricky part. You poured inordinate amounts of time and attention and affection into your kids, but the result was indirect. You didn't point out a cat to your one-year-old and then watch him, minutes later, say 'Cat.' Instead, you pointed out a hundred cats to your one-year-old and then, one day, watched him point to a cat and say 'Mama.