A Charlotte Turnaround Tale
After working at several in-plants in his career, Alvin Griffin has made his mark by fixing the faltering in-plant at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.
"My teacher got a call saying they were looking for his best student," Griffin says. "From there I got a phone call and we opened up Prince William School Board's shop together in 1976. I came out of high school and had my feet right in the fire."
Griffin points out that he learned more about printing in his first few months on the job than he did the entire time he was in high school. The shop was set up in a space shared with the school district's bus garage. It was so hot they had to run the air conditioning year round. Griffin got the in-plant started with old Multi 1250 presses, and stayed there for five years before moving across town to work for Prince William County's government print shop.
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