The second 30th High School Reunion Planning Meeting of the progressive Upper West Side high school (PUWSHS) that no longer exists went pretty well.  I guess. We’ve settled on a date. Sort of. And we’ve decided that it’s okay to bring spouses. There was some debate on this point but finally it was decided when TV PRODUCER said, "Let’s do it the PUWSHS way: If you want to bring your spouse bring them. If you don’t, don’t!"

You don’t get to be the executive producer of a major network TV show for nothing.

We discussed the continuing process of finding our fellow classmates. Here are the numbers: Of the 29 members of our class: 16 of us know about the reunion. Of those 16, 13 are planning to attend, and 3 are non-committal (though somewhat interested).

Sadly, one of our classmates died a few years ago. 3 were so weird we’re not sure it’s a good idea to invite them, and 9 are "missing in action."

Of the missing, much conversation centered on PROM QUEEN. I call her that even though we didn’t have a prom at PUWSHS: we were too progressive Upper West Side for that. But if we’d had a prom (and we did have lots of parties) she was the closest thing to a prom queen.

OPERA SINGER, a dear friend, has become an avid reunion detective and thought she’d tracked down the phone number of PROM QUEEN’s parent’s country house in the Southwest. CORPORATE LAWYER was also on the case and thought he’d found another contact number on Verizon.com.

At the meeting, SCREENWRITER and I rolled eyes and wondered why everyone was so intent on locating PROM QUEEN. She wasn’t much of a girl’s girl, if you know what I mean: she "went out with" (we didn’t say "date" back in the too-cool ’70’s) all the "cutest"  guys in our class and even to this day seems to have snagged their unflagging attention.

This morning, LIFE INSURANCE, from the class of ’75 got on-line and wrote, "You kids never ask the older students for help. Here’s Prom Queen’s CELL PHONE NUMBER." Just like that.

Whoa. That took my breath away. LIFE INSURANCE AND PROM QUEEN were an item back in the day. They were practically a high school institution until they weren’t.

"PROM QUEEN has been located," I said to SCREENWRITER on the phone mid-morning. She was, uncharacteristically, speechless. By noon, OPERA SINGER actually reached PROM QUEEN at her office. "Our
conversation was very odd, and it was clear she was uncomfortable," write OPERA SINGER. "Not everyone wants to go back in time