An interview by Joe Friedmeyer and AJ McDonald
On September 18, 2003 we had an interview with our new principal, David Adney. We asked him all sorts of questions like what his family is like, what his first impression of Minnetonka was, and what his goals for Minnetonka were. Mr. Adney answered all of our questions well.
We were sitting in Mr. Adneys office and we asked him, “Where did you come from?” He answered, “Brooklyn Center.” He grew up there. So we got to talking about Brooklyn Center and how it was growing up there and we got on the topic of college. That’s where our next question came in, “Where did you go to college?” He replied, “I went to many different colleges.” He went to Gustavus Adolphus for one degree, University of Minnesota for another, St. Cloud State for one, and Harvard for the last. We asked how long he has been in schools and he says he has been around for 28 long years.
Then we asked him if he was married, he said that he was and that he also has three lovely daughters. We also asked Mr. Adney what kind of music he liked. He said country. Can you believe it? I couldn’t! He tried to cover it up by saying that he also liked classical rock like Zeppelin or Pink Floyd (what we wanted to hear).
One of the biggest questions that we asked Mr. Adney was if there were any changes or goals that he had for Minnetonka. Closer relationships. We agreed. All of us upper class people need to chill more often. The next question that we asked Mr. A was whether he would ever go on a Mini-School trip with us. He said “Maybe.” (Personally, I don’t think he could hack it.)
Then we asked if he had any questions for us. He asked what we would like to have done with Minnetonka. We said we would like to keep our traditions here at Minnetonka, like the sweet pep-fest before Homecoming, or water balloons, or the awesome prom dance, or water balloons. Basically we want to throw water balloons at all the freshmen. He gave us a simple, “Well, we’ll see.” Yeah, right. Watch out freshmen!