The next morning, the school's vice-chairwoman, the deputy chair's wife, arrives at the school with the news that the school is going to have to spend a lot of money on renovations to the dormitories. The school is already planning to tear down the dormitories and replace them with other buildings, but the vice chairwoman says that she's going to come back with a new plan. The vice chair says that he's already applied for the renovation contract, but that the board has already approved the plan.