Last year I was able to be a principal for a day. If they can come to a place like Seth Low Intermediate Schools, they can see so many successful students. I congratulate all of you because you have done very very well in all of the testing and the other things that demonstrate that you are really learning here. It is a real opportunity and I would hope everyone who participates would have a chance to come and see what it has done in this school. I know that when I came in and met Juliana and some of the other students, and some of the parents that this was an intermediate school and that there was a lot of enthusiasm in this school.
Students come from many different backgrounds, come from different parts of the city.
They are here with one goal in mind and that is to get the very best possible education. When we look at what Seth Low has already accomplished, I am impressed because many of us have worked on helping our schools and improving our education since 1983 and even before that. I take what your principal said very seriously, because we have overcrowding in our schools in New York City. We have too many students in too few schools and too few classrooms. I know that the superintendent, Mr. Webber and others are concerned about this, because it is very difficult to teach and learn if you do not have the space.