Even though David Ytreboe and Sean Reilly had come from the same direction, they chose to drive from Stafford to Surf City in separate vehicles.

“We wanted to play a mental game with you,” said Reilly, the newly minted Stafford Intermediate School principal. “We wanted to give the impression we were attacking from different sides.”

“We wanted to make sure you knew every flank was vulnerable,” added Ytreboe, Stafford Schools’ director of pupil services and a huge Star Wars geek, much like the host…