Editor:
Like most people I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to get a good education but, I do not believe that a new $42 million high tech building and 35 acres of commercial land is needed to do this. I have read letters in the newspaper about the shameful results that we are seeing from the students, but what does this have to do with the building? I worked in South America and Africa for 16 years and watched young people go to schools that were anything from old wooden structures to mud huts with dirt floors, but that did not stop them from learning. Our company sponsored some of the graduates from these schools and they were ready for any university in North America.
If our highly paid administrators would just go to work and do the job that they were hired for, the results could be completely different. Simply put, they have failed. They have failed to produce for the students, for the parents and, for the taxpayer. Perhaps if the administration were told to either produce or get out, it would tell the students that failure is not acceptable, but rather than doing that, we are telling the students that failure is acceptable. Just make an excuse and blame it on something else.
We have all been told what poor condition the school is in but, why is it in such poor condition? There must have been money in the school budget for maintenance and upgrades so, what happened?
I dont think that voting in favor of the new school increases the operating budget for the school. Is there even the expertise within the present system to maintain a facility like this or, are we going to be hiring outside consultants and technicians every time something goes wrong? Our present system cant even maintain simple air conditioning. This will turn into nothing but more taxes. We dont need a new super high-tech building. We need to get back to the basics of teaching, learning and, managing the resources that are at hand.
Teresa Campbell
Cortez
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