LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) — Amanda Fagan was still trying to get things straight in her mind. Was she a good enough candidate to be principal of Ledyard High School this early in her career? And was it even possible to take on that role with three small children at home?

Then Fagan found out the child she and her husband Tim were expecting at the time was going to be a girl, their daughter, Hope, now 8 months old.