The beige-colored brick and glass two-story building had been completed in record time. The new Eastgate Junior High School was sturdy and similar to hundreds of other schools that were being built to handle the huge influx of baby boomers. It was mid-November 1960, and the new President-elect J.F.K. waited for Ike's exit from the White House. Everyone at Eastgate Junior High was high on election fever. That included all the 9th and 10th grade students that had been shipped to Eastgate because of overcrowding at North Kansas City High School. Ignoring most of the political hoopla, I'd never remotely considered throwing my hat in the ring and running for political office, until I heard Jacqueline Kennedy speak on TV.