RE : What’s it take to get school repaired?

[Guest guest]

It took national public embarassment and my going to law school, and testifying

for Conyers,Jr. bill 2002. All that a school dept. or govt. bureau needs

[Walter building #18]

is media exposure calling attention to the dire conditions, the numbers of

asthma cases among kids and cancer and auto immune disease among the adults.

The difference in the kinds of illnesses may be the time in terms of length of

exposure. The longer the time, the worse the illnesss.

My strategy was not conventional, but that is what it took to teach them a

little lesson, from a lowly Kindergarten teacher. Protect those kids, and those

teachers and staff, who take care of OTHER people's kids. No salary and time

off is worth losing your health.

Go get 'em. Kids are the future and our most important resource. If our

great country can't protect them, they aren't worth a thing.

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> a écrit :

What's it take to get school repaired?

Gazette.Net, Gaithersburg, MD*

http://www.gazette.net/stories/070307/montlet204139_32401.shtml

The story about the problems affecting Rock Creek Forest Elementary

School (``Rock Creek Forest Elementary looks for small fixes, " June

20) addresses just a few of the problems plaguing the 56-year-old

building.

As the parent of a second-grader at the school, I can attest to the

school's dilapidated condition.

The leaking roof has caused mold to penetrate the carpet and ceiling

tiles. Holes throughout the facility allow rodents to enter the

classrooms and cafeteria, which hardly make for ideal learning

conditions for my 7-year-old.

The cafeteria is routinely overcrowded by more than 100 students and

lacks sufficient emergency exits. The bathrooms are beset by

constant plumbing problems and in dire need of repair. When the

temperature rises above 80 degrees, the un-air-conditioned gymnasium

feels as hot as an oven. And, yes, the playground is strewn with

shards of glass as reported in the story.

Despite these conditions, any one of which might cause my own home

to be cited by housing inspectors, the school is 17th in line for

modernization. What does it take to be No. 1?

As disappointing as it is that hundreds of young children are being

subjected daily to this unhealthy and unproductive environment, it

was even more disappointing to hear school system representatives

place blame on the lack of state funding. State funding has been and

always will be lacking — in my 39 years as a county resident, I

cannot recall a single occasion in which state funding was deemed

adequate. The fact that the state cannot or will not provide

sufficient funds to provide our children with a safe and healthy

school environment is no excuse; it simply means that the county

must locate these funds elsewhere.

Where would this money come from? I don't know. But six pages

further into the newspaper was a story about how Northwood High

School, remodeled in 2004, is getting new stadium lighting, a new

concession stand and new stadium seating next year. According to

Dennis Cross, senior facilities designer for the school system,

funding has just become available through the school system.

Good thing they aren't playing on the field at Rock Creek Forest.

Goodman, Silver Spring

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