His plan he calls National Academic Award Foundation and the Triple A Scholarship and he hopes to launch on an initial "test" basis in West Milford. Special efforts are being made to enlist local business, corporate, and of most critical importance, parental support and involvement, Bailey said. "As a candidate, it became  apparent to me in examining various school programs, that without genuine motivation on the part of the individual student institutionalized pro-grams will inevitably fall short of their goals," Bailey said. "Motivation of the individual student is the vital imperative.

"Our National Academic Award Foundation and the Triple A Scholarship are an effort in the major overall task of helping to focus student participation and motivation. The basis of the Triple. A Scholarship Program is to attract the student's attention early and motivate that student in a pragmatic and creative manner. "Each school year, starting in the qualifying student's sixth grade year, each student who can raise the combined reading, math, and science grade point average two points from the previous year would be granted a cash award deposited in a special Scholarship Investment Account for that student. A sustainability award would follow for each year that the grade point average is maintained, through high school graduation, Bailey said.
 
Dubbed the "Triple A Scholarship Program," the aim is to enlist students at an early age and through a modest year-to- year honorarium maintain their focus on academic achievement. Qualifying students would be offered participation in a continuing college or other education investment fund. This fund would increase in value each year provided the student continues to demonstrate a year-to-year sustainability in scholastic accomplishments, according to Bailey.  An integral part of the "plan is to encourage the participation of parents as more active partners in the process of education by providing them with an additional benchmark of their children's scholastic progress. West Milford School District officials said, while they haven't been formally approached yet by Bailey they would welcome any educational program that encourages student to achieve and increase motivation.

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