Good afternoon – I am releasing this letter to the board to distribute as soon as possible, as I am sitting and speaking with your students. Quite simply, after 42 years, it’s time for me to step aside and retire from teaching, as of the end of the school year. It has been an honor to serve you and your families over the course of the last 11 years at Smith, and it is a difficult but necessary decision that we as a family have made. I need to take better care of my health and