Quotes by Michael Welch

“We will give them a true medical form that somebody has filled out. They will walk through the system saying this is me.”

“We have this cache of drugs managed by the [Virginia Commonwealth University] pharmacy,”

“Unfortunately, from what the superintendent told me, all I can do is go down,”

“I want to continue what (former Principal) Ralph Olsen has done, but Im not Ralph Olsen,”

“I have four young children I will be spending time with, ... I do expect to be one of the first people here and one of the last to leave.”

“I absolutely loved high school,”

“In Newton there are two high schools serving fairly different populations.”

“(FHS) is going to be much more representative of our society. I greatly look forward to getting working with the whole school.”

“Education is the great equalizer in society. It can be the thing that lifts (students) out of their predicaments - they could be first generation immigrants, it could be poverty, or overcoming the stereotypes associated with race and ethnicity.”

“The public high school needs to be all things to all people. We have to provide the challenge for those who have to option of private school. At the same time we need to serve the needs of those who dont.”