Wiscasset, like a lot of other towns, doesn't have the numbers of students in its school buildings it once did. Not even close. And last week, for the "peace and usefulness of the schools," in the legal wording the school committee used, two fewer students became able to attend. They got expelled and, according to the votes that passed, re-entry plans will be developed "as required by law."

And we don't anticipate reporting further on it, even though we at this time have no information on what event(s) might have precipitated the students' removal. If you know, or think you know, you didn't read it here.

Our brief, next-day inquiry yielded no details, and we as a paper had already decided we would have at least kept the names out, even if we confirmed them somewhere and even if a student turned out to be 18, because expulsion is in one's capacity as a student, and ID'ing them about a disciplinary action is not how we roll.

If we had been able to confirm what the precipitating behaviors or incident(s) were, we would not have printed those either, if it was apparent the details indirectly revealed, or narrowed down to a guessing game, who the students were, thereby all but ID'ing them and/or casting espersions on a number of other students.

Again, not how we do business. So this is one of those instances where something impactful gets just a mention, where, in this case, something or things occurred that had been concerning enough for a town to close or for a time close its school doors to two students, just receives a couple of lines at the end of a school committee story. 

Week's positive parting thought: This past Monday's coat-free warmth, and that sun and blue sky (remember what a nice blue it is? It is one of the joys of life) will help tide us by with hope until the second half of spring puts the "no" in snow.