Letter To The Editor – Congratulations To Charlotte Gregory And The BC School Board!

(Editor’s note: This letter was written on Wednesday, March 17, after the letter announcing the closing of the Grafton School was handed out at the school.)
To the Editor:
It was with great joy that I read the letter from Charlotte Gregory today announcing the closure of the Grafton Elementary School. The Board had a meeting last night, or should I say a “workshop”? Ha! That Board is so clever! If it is only a workshop and not a meeting, they aren’t obliged to follow the laws pertaining to meetings, like making public announcements to be open to the public. Or are they? Good question. I sure hope legalities were not twisted out of recognition.
In any case, back to celebration! Finally we can take those students out of a building in Grafton and put them into trailers in Berlin where they belong. The overwhelming common sense of this initiative cannot be denied. Why on earth would any parent want his or her child educated in a building when we can have nice new “modular units” instead. The Berlin Central School District is savvy and knows how much we love our trailers up here in Grafton. The faster we get our kids out of that nasty building and into a modular unit, the better! What better way to illustrate the future to our children than getting them accustomed to life in a trailer right from the get go.
I applaud the Board and Ms. Charlotte Gregory, and I am sure this decision to improve the educational facilities for our children will not be forgotten in Grafton.
Hail to the Chief and her merry band! We Grafton residents look forward to and embrace the future of our children finally having the rare opportunity to be educated in a trailer.
John Leahy
Shaver Pond Road, Cropseyville