Starfish Add to Sea’s Beauty

I think people should stop catching starfish because starfish make the sea look more beautiful.

When people catch them, they don’t know what to do with them, so the starfish dies and rots and makes the air stinky.

JOHN KIM

Oxnard

Editor’s note: These Letters to the Editor come from E.L.M. Street School in Oxnard. E.L.M.--Educational Learning Magnet Intersession--is a new school in the Oxnard School District that offers 10-day sessions for students who are between terms in the all-year school system. Renee Nourai, learning director, said one of the themes for this year is “The Oceans.” Here’s what’s on the students’ minds: