Across the breakfast table, while reading the Courier News on Saturday, May 12, my wife pointed out that one of my most trusted former colleagues, Marion Chandler, had passed away. Marion worked for the Bridgewater-Raritan School District when I served on its board of education. At the time, she reported directly to the superintendent, Dr. Joseph McGarry, and was responsible for working with the board’s policy committee, of which I was its chairman.
Marion did the research and assembled all of the data for policy matters. She conferred with the board’s attorney and with New Jersey authorities. Marion was very thorough and meticulous. Her biggest quality in that job, though, was her impartiality and integrity, as she assembled and codified policy issues for review and revision under the committee’s direction, before submission to the full board.
You have to understand how Byzantine board politics can sometimes get, in order to appreciate the value of a clear-minded thinker and loyal partner like Marion, whose final allegiance was always geared towards getting the job done right.
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