I catch up remotely with my recently retired math teacher and former TOPS program head Mr McMaster (or Michael as he lets me call him now). In this part of the multi-part series we run through the history of TOPS before he took over headship 1987-97, the program under him 1997-2019, and we touch on present day TOPS which is navigating through uncharted waters. We talk about the admission process, the program's philosophy, and its struggles with the TDSB