My last visit here was a little over a year ago, when I came to takepartin a graduation ceremony for 114 -- the 114th class of the Columbus Police recruits.
For Maria, that meant writing up a proposal for an accelerated math class, roping in 31 other students to takepart, and then literally begging the principal to find the funding.
He pulls it off, inpart because this apparently immortal series desperately needed someone to take a risk, and because Mendes' class really comes through in the performances.