Griffin was 7th in his high school class, and a world class hurdler, who sped through college academia with the same efficiency and apparently in routeto law school.
Local residents who opposed the plan also said the proposed access routeto the school - via the unadopted section of nearby Marlborough Lane - was too narrow for traffic and potentially dangerous.
It was as though his entire future had been laid out in front of him on the direct route he took toschool as an adolescent, 1.9 miles up the hill of Massachusetts Avenue from the Fairfax Hotel to St.
"We believe we could provide a much more compelling case to secure the future of this school than the route that's currently being taken, " Mr Hookway says.
He moved back to United States in 1991 and made the decision to move straight to the NBA from high school, forsaking the usual route via the competitive world of college basketball.
It says that without a successful vocational route there is a "real threat" of "youth offending teams escorting young people back toschool or college premises at the age of 18 years".
And make like grade school and do your homework: Study maps before you leave and figure out the best routeto take from your hotel to the attractions and restaurants you plan to visit.