"I was expecting to hear, 'Yes, we're interested and we have a plan in place, but we're still a couple of years away from making the move,'" Benson said recalling the conversation with DeCenzo and the school's chairman of the board of directors. "They were informing me they were, one, very, very interested and after hearing their overall plans, I said, 'How soon would you be ready?' He looked at me and said, 'As soon as you can ask.'