No School Can Afford to Reject Sheik’s Gift
Re “Sheik Helps School, but There’s a Hitch,” July 3:
So school officials in south Orange County are balking at a badly needed, no-strings-attached cash donation because it comes from an Arab sheik? Must be nice.
I’m sure there are more than a few even more needy schools a little to the north that wouldn’t look this gift horse in the mouth.
The sheik’s gift to Harvard is a whole different story. It was conditioned on the creation of a position and curricula and was offered to one of the best-funded institutions in the world.
Until Capistrano Unified comes up with a multibillion-dollar endowment, it should just pocket the money and say “thank you.”
Jeffrey Koji Maloney
Alhambra
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