Tonight's Sun had a strong editorial endorsing increased spending on guidance counselors at Lowell High School. Repeating the very disturbing information from last week's article that 39% of the seniors at Lowell High - many of whom have already passed the MCAS test - have insufficient credits to graduate, the editorial points out that 10 guidance counselors for 3700 students is grossly insufficient and that many students are falling through the cracks. During last spring's budget fight, several city councilors claimed that the school department had an "army of administrators" that could be trimmed with no effect on the students. This situation with guidance counselors is further evidence of how ill-informed and misleading such statements were. If the newspaper continues to take such reasonable stands on education issues, perhaps this spring's budget debate will be more productive.