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But the report was essentially a secret document, never submitted or discussed in public or even in the school’s interminable executive sessions _which the superintendent is usually permitted to attend.

Eastham’s report sounds like it may have contained ideas worthy of consideration. Reportedly, it also included remarks highly critical of some of the school staff. We don’t know for sure since we never saw a copy. Officially it was handed out only to other school board members with copies “bootlegged” around the community to school personnel and a few interested citizens.

Somehow, judging from his answers last Tuesday, Dr. Bloomer got a look at all or part of the document. But if the boiler situation was so critical, why didn’t Eastham see that the superintendent was formally appraised of the situation? If the boilers were running on “hope and prayer”, why wasn’t this brought up in public at one of the marathan sessions held by the school board since January when Eastham first discovered the potential accident looking for a time to happen? Eastham made it clear through his questions that principal Dennis Wingfield had assigned the new custodian to day-to-day responsibility for the boiler. But who else should have - that responsibility besides the custodian? The only alternative would have

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