This is a very, very important victory for schools in Eugene, but it's really only the first battle.

There's a part of me that says maybe I'm just a bit too outspoken for public schools. Maybe I need to find a school that's a better match.

The requirement is that priorities need to be established first, they need to be approved by the state school board, and then you go about doing a plan. You don't do it backwards, you don't develop a plan without the state school board first setting those priorities, and that was the fatal problem.

Basically the plan was dead on arrival. The plan wasn't done following state law.

Any victory is good for Italian curling. We are probably not the favorites for the medal. Our goal is to show people curling. If we win some, that is OK.

It can be a great series for our two schools. Pahrump played us tough ... they were ready for us ... they didn't quit.