Under Dr. Bailey, the school had doubled in size from 4,500 to 9,000 students.

Dr. Bailey said the child's new heart had a strong chance of growing with the boy and providing him a full, normal life.

He said Dr. Bailey had continued his legal work until about three weeks ago.

Those reviews could come within six months, Dr. Bailey said.

Dr. Bailey said in an interview this week that the discovery had come as a complete surprise.

Dr. Bailey acknowledged that the law did not increase the agency's ability to talk to mechanics.

Dr. Bailey says it is too early for her to discuss the tire recall in detail.

Dr. Bailey said it was very likely that the baby would not have survived longer than a day without the transplant.

Dr. Bailey said that if her office had known of those actions, combined with the trouble reports here, there would have been an investigation sooner.

"They graduate more or less at the same rate," Dr. Bailey said.