The Editor's Notepod, Fri., June 24, 2011

Prospects for ratification of the budget deal between Connecticut state unions and the governor look grim. What happens next will be unpleasant.

Amid the budget gloom, though, Meriden can look forward to a visit Monday through Wednesday by the Cole Bros. Circus, in a return from last year. The Hub is earning its name with these visits and other attractions.

Okay, now Meriden’s police union has filed grievances against treatment afforded the two officers who have filed grievances against the department. This is becoming complicated.

Meanwhile, state officials are letting local educators in on the new laws affecting education in Connecticut which are about to take effect – with or without the money to support activities required. We’ll see how each district manages.

The number of alums who return to Platt High in Meriden to teach after college is unusually high, but apparently fairly typical of many state high schools. There is something about one’s high school experience in general which tends to draw graduates back to the fold to repeat the teaching occasions for others and to pass on the knowledge.