East Central High School -- Superintendent-Board relations.

Thank you Roland Toscano for setting up yet another great learning experience in our "traveling superintendency seminar" this semester. I thought we had seen everything where hospitality and service were concerned but the four course meal served by your culinary arts department was extraordinary. You described Mr. Gary Patterson as a role model and mentor for you in your career development. Following his presentation, his candor, and his generosity as a host superintendent, we all can see why. I will not go first on this blog. I invite each of you to provide a four inch response to this blog posting...longer is acceptable and probably called for....respond to something that Mr. Patterson said in very personal and intimate conversation about his career as superintendent and thoughts concerning relationships between superintendents and boards. Please include one paragraph comparing Mr. Patterson's views and experiences with the other two superintendents that we have spent time with this semester.