Giant project issues still draw crowds as start date looms Deal Middle School presented Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma!” last week. The production had the largest cast ever in the school’s history, with more than 130 sixth- through eighth-graders. See Budget/Page 19 By ELIZABETH WIENER By ELIZABETH WIENER A Lab School alumnus wrote the relay’s centerpiece novel. By KATIE PEARCE By BRADY HOLT See Traffic/Page 19 Bill Petros/The Current Bill Petros/The Current