Schools Need to Improvise During Fiscally Tough Times
Absurdities will never cease! The Huntington Beach City School District at present has closed four schools in close proximity of a new housing project in Huntington Beach--Holly Seacliff, which will eventually have approximately 5,000 homes--and now deems it necessary to construct a new school.
Have citizens seen an assessment study to warrant a school of any size? School closures, teachers losing their jobs, school districts attempting to tax homeowners, a city in the red, and now this irresponsible misuse of funds. This is ludicrous!
Here’s an innovative idea: Bus the kids to one previously inhabited school at far less expense than construction of a $12-million, 10-acre new school. Is the school district in the business of education or real estate development?
Trustee connotes a certain accountability, so let’s see a demonstration of providing a prudent, logical and resourceful solution and utilize our city’s already erected schools and save your credibility!
LESLIE CARPENTER SILKENSON, Huntington Beach
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