Board is an outstanding group of community leaders committed to children and committed to excellence in our schools. I am proud to be working with them. It is wonderful to be here to celebrate with you the opening of the Williamsville Schools for the year 2000-2001. This is a very special event, one of the few times when all of you gather together, and the only time in the year when the Board addresses you. There are three things.
Students are our highest priority.
In the many, and often difficult, decisions that we will be asked to make, we will put children first. We value you and what you do with and for our children. The older and wiser I get, the more I value teachers and the incredibly important role that you play in students lives. Students are our highest priority and you are the people working most intensely with our students. We value you who you are and what you do.