Francesca: Jackie, I’m remembering a funny conversation we had this summer as I was picking Diego up from camp. I was marveling at how you could spend the whole day with our kids in a pale blue linen skirt suit and delicate necklace and still look elegant with all wardrobe pieces intact! [...]

Francesca: Cecile, Keeper of the Gate (and my sanity as I walk through that gate), I can’t remember a time when our family was not welcomed by your smiling face upon entering the Maple Street School. Many a morning has been spent lingering by your desk as you have helped coax my boys out [...]

Francesca: There is a phrase in French that always comes to mind when I see you: elle est a l’aise dans son peau. It means, literally, that she is comfortable in her skin. It’s not a phrase used with people who are still struggling with who they are and what they are doing. [...]

Francesca: Ann-Marie, let me be totally honest here. The driving force behind my desire to do these staff interviews was to let you know just how invaluable you’re presence at the Maple Street School is to countless families, mine being at the top of the list. Allow me to stand on a soapbox for [...]