In my 40+ years in education, your opening day program was the very best I have ever attended – everyone in attendance can’t stop talking about it! Thank you so much for your inspiring message delivered in an extremely entertaining context! We’re off to a great start! Every school district should experience such a motivational get-together as you provided to us last week. I’m not sure if I mentioned it to you, but this was my last “opening day” as I am retiring after this school year. I wanted to leave them with an opening they would remember for a long time and you delivered! A few of my district colleagues have come up to me already and said they feel sorry for whoever replaces me as they will have to top your program and that won’t be easy! I told them all that I doubted you could be topped.
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