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Students may not like it, but it’s for their own good! At least, that was the message conveyed by High School Principal Mark Gerchman as he described the ZAP - “Zeros Aren’t Productive” Program. The program is applicable to seventh and eighth grade students whose parents have signed consent forms which permit the school to retain their child for two hours after school (Tuesdays and Thursdays between September 18, 2012 and March 28, 2013). Students reported by their teachers for failure to complete homework are awarded two hours after school on the next Tuesday or Thursday to give them the opportunity to complete their previously uncompleted homework. In the words of the administration, such students will have been said to have been “zapped.” Parents of students to be zapped will be notified by the administration as soon as their child is scheduled for zapping. Administrators indicated that although students may be somewhat amused by the idea that they’ve been zapped, the two-hour detention for homework make-up after school will quickly disabuse them of any notion that getting zapped is a badge of honor. Truly, zeros aren’t productive in raising one’s GPA, so the second chance to get homework done and thereby raise one’s grade drives home the program’s point.

Before the discussion of zapping students could begin, the regular meeting of the Susquehanna Community School District Directors on Wednesday, September 19, required parliamentarian action to decide who would conduct the meeting. Even before the pledge of allegiance at 7 p.m., it was obvious to all that neither board President Steven Stanford, nor Vice-President Clay Weaver was present. Secretary Evelyn Cottrell arose and asked board members for a motion to nominate a president pro tempore for the evening’s meeting. Motion, second, and unanimous approval determined board member Jason Chamberlain would assume the necessary duty and he shifted to the empty chair at the table’s head. Other board members present for the evening’s meeting were Lori Canfield, Amanda Cook, Carol Jackson, Holly Kubus, and Treasurer Martha Stanford.

A borough representative attended the New Milford Township meeting on September 19th, to discuss a pig problem. Prior to that point however, various other matters of business were conducted.

Two subdivisions were discussed briefly. One was by Robert and Laura Schneider who were selling a piece of property for the gas line. There was no sewer involved, they had received a waiver on it. The other was for William and Benjamin Wood, which was approved with a sewer letter.

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