Reunion: Nostalgia: School Beat: Old Buildings And Grounds Committee from 2001 Class Reunion----Fiction or Fact?

(Ed. note. I was unsure of how to classify this post so I have posted it as fiction and fact)

Recently after the Evansville school forum, I had a wonderful dream----it was right in the middle of winter, and there was a reunion of the old Buildings and Grounds Committee that did the original facility study review of the buildings of the Evansville School District. They were called to the meeting where the Plunkett Raysich folks were presenting their findings about the state of facilities in 2007.

The presentation began pretty smooth---the power point was working pretty well ---this is unusual given the way it normally works with the laptops. Everyone was in a wonderful mood.

Then they came to page 4 of the Plunkett Raysich Report---the section that essentially says that the old high school, or the TRIS is currently unfit in many, many ways---and in fact goes over in quite detail the water problems that have not been fixed that were longstanding and should have been resolved years ago.

Then the burly guys that were on the Buildings and Grounds committee rose in unison-----the former facility "owners rep", Mr. Mike Huffma , also rose and tried to restrain them from physical assault. He did remind them of the rules of conduct for public meetings. The usual 5 minutes for speaking on one point did not seem to apply. So many points seemed to be essential. ...........

Then suddenly with a loud thump....I awoke. It was morning. The dream was interrupted.

Still. It sure would be good to finish that dream. And it would be even better to finish that dream in real life.

On Monday night, February 12, 2007, the Evansville School Board will be discussing the Plunkett Raysich report as an "Update"------Stay tuned. Will my dream happen for real life on Monday night. Will the contents of the original Facilities Study of 2001 be released to the media. Is the Sky falling? Or just Mostly falling.

Still. I just love those old reunions. All those wonderful memories. Sure do not want to miss it.
I will bring the movie camera. I wonder whether I should bring Starbucks too. It might be a long meeting. I will just Observe. This should be fun.