He removed his glasses and polished them with the wide end of his blue tie.

“I’ve already got three thousand coins wrapped,” I told him.

I pointed at the tidy paper cylinders lined up along the edge of my kitchen counter.

“That’s a good start, but the rules come from the district’s administrative auditor in Indianapolis,” he said.

He put his glasses back on and took a red plastic folder out of his case.

“Unrolled loose change can’t go into the school register system under any circumstances.”

“The letter said Friday,” I said.