"Frank Iero, quite right," he said, putting his hand out for a professional shake. At least she deigned to remember his name--that's points. "And apologies for the lack of introduction at the time. I won't bore you with details or excuses here, but it was an, ah, interesting first night."
He added, carefully, and out of genuine interest:
"I'm sure you're better settled in than I am at this point--how has the situation with History texts treated you? I'll be speaking to William, certainly, but I'd appreciate your take. I'd guess we'll be after many of the same things, as relates to clean-up work."
After all, teacher or not, he was clearly here wearing his other professional hat as well, and he'd bet Asher was, too.