Letters to the editor of the observer
From John Brezina-
"I noticed someone found a comment I had posted on the Illinois High School site, in their little obituary on St. Mel they had said it closed due to low morale, and I personally did not think we suffered from low morale, St Mel closed due to a confluence of unfortunate events, and the fact that it still survives as Providence/St Mel and is doing just fine, thank you, fifty years later says something about the educational philosophy." Dec 2013
"I noticed someone found a comment I had posted on the Illinois High School site, in their little obituary on St. Mel they had said it closed due to low morale, and I personally did not think we suffered from low morale, St Mel closed due to a confluence of unfortunate events, and the fact that it still survives as Providence/St Mel and is doing just fine, thank you, fifty years later says something about the educational philosophy." Dec 2013