Do you think they turned Grace's classroom into a museum? A memorial? Or do you think it was too painful for the other staff and they simply turned it into a new classroom for Drama, or english, or geography? Try to move on? Did the school building recieve special historic recognition? Become a protected building?
Do you think students cherished their returned homework with their grades written in the corner from THE Ryland Grace? Do you think they each wonder if he ever thinks about them individually up in space? Do they wonder if maybe they were a better student he'd have stayed?
Do you think they were hounded after the launch? Do you think they walked past cameras at the school gate every morning? News reporters begging them for sweet, soundbite quotes from them about their suddenly missing teacher?
Do you think they tried to council any of them about this extremely unique loss of a teacher? Of a colleague? Did the Students of Dr Ryland Grace make an after school club to keep up-to-date with the mission every Thursday afternoon?
Did any of them go on to name their children after him? Lots of children in the world were suddenly named Ryland, but did they explain to their children that it meant MORE because there really was a connection for THEM?