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Hi, Michael,

I don’t even recall Principal Ergan, but I can tell you what happened to Victor. The readers hated him. I mean HATED!!! I got fan mail advising me to “lose the loser,” “kill him off,” and “smarten up and not write about him any more.” So he’s gone, never to return.

BUT — I actually wouldn’t have incorporated any additional characters into the regular series. I wanted the team to remain the team, and that didn’t allow for any newbies.

And that’s what happened to the side characters.                                                           —–GK—–