There's no satisfactory way of closing the book on this. I think people are well meaning when they say they're going to move on. But I don't think it's realistic.

The horrors he saw but could not prevent, as well as some he may have directly participated in -- it can create tremendous psychological pressures that can manifest.

The most important issue is the climate of the school. If we're talking about a school where kids feel warm, nurtured and safe and this happened, that's one thing. If we're talking about a school with lots of tension, that's another.

It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

It has to be a racial issue, because a lot of people are afraid of cultural issues.

Nobody anticipated this crowd and we didn't plan for it! We inconvenienced a lot of people. But it's our time and we just don't have any other option.