Chapter 69: A new principal.

When Principal George was passing by, we knew we had the chance to talk to him about Mr Diego. While he was passing, one of us walked out of the class and stopped him.

"Principal George, good afternoon," he said,

"Good afternoon dear," he said,

"Sir please can you come to our class, we have something to tell you," he said and politely held Mr George's hand then he politely pulled into our class. When he got in, he looked at us curiously. "So, what's that you want to tell me?" He asked,

"Sir it's about Mr Diego," one of us said,

"Okay, what about him?" Principal George asked,

"Sir Mr Diego is mean, he wants us to fail and he always gives us quizzes when we least expect it," he said

"Yeah," we all said,

"And he always speaks Spanish when he knows we don't understand the language," he said,

"Yeah," we said,

"Okay, what do you want me to do about it?" Principal George asked,

"Sir we want you to fire him," another of my classmate said,

"Yeah," we all yelled,

"Okay I wish I could but I can't," Principal George said and we looked at him curiously, "You see, my tenor has expired and by next week I would be out of this school," he said,

"What?" We all yelled,

"Yeah, I've been here for 6 years and every six years, our school change principal," he said, "Now if you would excuse me I have to go clear my desk," he said and smiled at us,

"But sir, what about Mr Diego?" we asked,

"Well since it's my last tenor, I don't want to fire anyone, maybe you should report to your next principal," he said.

"So what school are you going to next?" Ella asked,

"I don't know yet, maybe by next week ill be informed," he said and walked out of the class.

After he left, we all headed home. While I was going, I was a little confused because if Principal George said his tenor is for six years, he was meant to leave when we are graduating, then I remembered an old student saying that Principal George came to our school during the last semester and not at the beginning of the semester 6 years ago. I'm probably going to miss him though. I guess we are stuck with Mr Diego because I'm so sure the new principal won't want to sack anyone now he's new to the school.

The next day, after the fourth period, the bell rang and we were asked to go to the school's auditorium. We were wondering why we were asked to go there. When we got there, we sat and waited for the show or whatever is happening to start. They were men with suits everywhere and they were shaking our principal and embracing him.

"Alright everyone please settle down and let's begin," one of the men on sult said. We all sat down and kept quiet.

"Thank you, my name is Alex Lee, and I'm one of the finding fathers of your school," he said and everyone clapped for him. "Thank you, thank you. We are gathered here today because we are introducing someone new to the school. In this school, we change principal every six years and our principal George has been here for six years. And I must say, he did a very great job ruling the school, believe me, 6 years ago this auditorium wasn't here. So I would be passing the microphone to Principal George to give his parting words," he said and everyone applauded as Principal George walked to Mr Lee and politely collected the microphone.

"Hello everyone," he said and smiled then we all replied, "Wow, it's been six years already, it's only like yesterday I became principal and now my tenor is over. I have to say I enjoyed my stay as principal, the times we spent together, and everything. To be honest I would never forget them. Thank you so much for cooperating, especially the 12th graders. As I leave the school today I want you all to be kind, love one another and be nice to everyone because everyone is fighting a hard battle, thank you so much, God bless you and I love you," he said and we all stood and clapped for him while my classmates and I began wondering why he's leaving so soon.

After his speech, he handed the microphone to Mr Lee and they both hugged,
"That was a great speech Principal, George, now to introduce the new principal, okay firstly I would say I've known this person and this person has been a great person, now Your new principal is no other person but... Mrs Benjamin Muna," he said as a pretty black lady stood and headed to Mr Lee. We all slowly applauded because we didn't know her. Before she walked to Mr Lee, she hugged Principal George and the other men sitting in front. Then she walked to Mr Lee, shook his hand and slowly collected the microphone from him,

"Wow guys, honestly I feel honoured to be your new principal. I know you all must be missing your old principal already but I can assure you, I would be fun, as you all can see, I'm still a youth and I know how it feels like to be in high school. Thank the finding fathers, the students and the old principal, because if he was not a good principal, it won't be easy for me to rule and with your cooperation I would take the school to the next level," she said and we all clapped for her, shortly after, we dismissed the meeting.

Well, Principal Benjamin seemed to be fun so we were happy she is our principal. When the meeting was over, everyone embraced our old principal before he left, watching him leave was quite sad because he was a nice man and I really liked him, except for the time he suspended Betty.