Chapter 7Spenser was on his way to the monthly meeting with the school board and the bishop of the church group that ran Spirit of Peace, the school in which he worked. The principal of the high school would also be there.
Spenser went over his presentation in his mind. It was written out and in his briefcase. Nevertheless, he practiced exactly what he would say. He wanted it to sound natural, interesting, and not just drone on monotonously as if he were reading from a teleprompter.
His report didn’t vary much from month to month: head count of students, changes, if any, in staffing, building problems which had arisen, disciplinary issues, and general overall state of the school. Since Spirit of Peace was a religiously based school, there were usually very few difficulties to report. How
