About a week after Kelvin was named Headmaster at Strider, he was itching to get me there to teach. At first he said that I would be unable to live on campus, but I didn't know that in a few weeks Pat and I had to return to Grenada. As she resigned from Sitel, I also had to keep working at Sprint Mart once we moved. I thought this would work out, but how things ended up at Strider and the attitudes of Sprint Mart management in Grenada put a quick end to that. The only apprehension I felt after talking to Kelvin was that there were still board members still present from the Bradshaw regime that would veto my return. However, that was not the case. It was also good to know that the Board in place was wanting a more intentional Christian emphasis this time around. But there were still traces of the long-time "Free State" mentality such as teachers and parents smoking within plain view of students. By Christmas I was more concerened that there were financial issues