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SCHOENBAR SCHOOL SHOULD BE
"TOGETHER" NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS By Lynne Miller
June 25, 2005
Saturday
As one of the parents of a recently
graduated 8th grade student who never in two years actually attended
Schoenbar School (as Larry Eklund distinguished for parents at
the recently held 8th Grade Continuation Ceremony) Schoenbar
school SHOULD NOT in this coming school year continue to be parsed
out to the winds in this never ending "interim" remodeling
phase. Kids in multiple schools for 7th grade, kids in Kayhi
for 8th grade, staff distanced from each other, no dedicated
principal or support staff of their own, etc., etc. It was wrong
of the school board to decide to do so two years ago and it should
not continue to be the status quo one day into the next school
year - especially since there is now a principal for Schoenbar
who has been hired and the Schoebar staff has already begun the
process of planning and designating their professional responsibilities
in regard to being back together again. Don't keep that from
happening just because McGraw drags its feet, just because the
borough has a right to demand ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL completion of
this project prior to occupation.
Please address your concerns
to the borough, school board and school Ssperintendent to bring
the kids and teachers together again ASAP and let the image to
the community be a strong POSITIVE one wherein we assert that
McGraw doesn't "own" the watering down of the middle
school program in this town for one more day by keeping children
out of their rightful school. A "middle school" can
be wherever we envision it - but for a third year to have it
be parsed out. Please say it "ain't" so....
Lynne Miller
Ketchikan, AK - USA
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