Yesterday's storm contributed to a delay until today of our grandchildren's visit. This gave me time today to read the papers. Saturday's Courier had three items of Plainfield interest;
The most important one was that the High School had for the 6th straight year failed to meet minimal goals. It must do so this year after submitting and implementing a restructuring plan. It took Hubbard School two years to pass, Maxon apparently is now making "adequate progress" although still not in the clear.
We hope the new administration will be able to do that which previous ones that could order special expensive coffee for the Administrator's office was not able to accomplish.
Since there have been frequent changes in the professional portion of the school system without resulting in a system that Plainfield should be proud to have,the onus must fall on the elected board. It matters not whether this supposedly non political board is composed of "New" or "Old" Democrats or "naysaying" Greenphobic Republicans. What is important is that each member understands the function of a BOE and his/her fiduciary responsibility.
The other two item were editorial comments; One faulted the CABC for not making specific recommendations on budget cuts. I think that before blame can be leveled , it would be important to learn what was the charge given to CABC. Also what were any specific instructions received by the committee and what data they received.
The other was a justified criticism of the State Sports Hall of Fame nominating committee fpr continuing to overlook Milt Campbell. He should have been one of the first inductees.
Aside from the above the other Plainfield news had to do with criminal activities.
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