Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) was an English art historian and television presenter. (wikipedia)
It was a lot work and time for us, but it's worth it. I learned an awful lot about music by working with Alan. When I played piano, I played a note at a time. It's nothing like what Alan does.
If everybody stayed in the same place and we didn't allow anybody to move, then you could use graduation rates as a true accountability factor. But that's not who we are.
Now, you don't have to have a high school diploma to go to community college. Kids can go to tech schools. They might be called a dropout when they're not.
We try to tone down the 'Alan is so great' kind of stuff. We don't want him to get a big head, and he doesn't have one. Alan is a very balanced person.
