While New York City\u2019s principals, assistant principals and district supervisors rinse off the sand and sunblock to get their schools student-ready this week, the head of their union, Ernest A. Logan, is on call. A former Brooklyn principal, Mr. Logan, 64, has led the 6,500-member Council of School Supervisors and Administrators for the past 10 years. He lives in Brooklyn\u2019s Crown Heights North Historic District with his wife, Beatrice Logan, 68, a retired guidance counselor. For them, Sunday is all about church, a daylong event filled with prayer, song and service. \u201cI encounter a lot of crazy stuff on this job,\u201d\u009d Mr. Logan said. \u201cI have to stop and pause.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Predawn Prayer–I\u2019m up almost every morning at 5:30, even on Sunday. I basically have time to pray before I start the day. I do this every day. I grew up on public assistance, one of 13 kids. I was the first one in my family to complete college, so I know the struggle my mother had raising us. The first time my mother went to the principal\u2019s office, I was the principal. We understood that we\u2019d succeed if we prayed and followed the rules. That\u2019s why every day is centered on prayer.<\/p>\n