FEEDBACK

Thank you for the fascinating glimpse at LAUSD’s new arts high school (“Pass/Fail” by Christopher Hawthorne, May 31).

With its three curvilinear elements studded with references to the designs of Le Corbusier, its stunning, cone-shaped library, its soaring lobby, its community college-sized football field, its 950-seat theater, and my favorite elements, its controversial 140-foot tower (nonfunctional, naturally) and dramatically wide front entrance staircase (unusable because of a security gate), Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 is designed to educate 1,700 students a year -- and all for a measly $232 million in construction costs.

Now, kindly explain again why we need to raise property taxes -- or, better yet, simply do away with Prop. 13 -- because the public schools in California are so desperately, cruelly underfunded.

As my high school math teacher used to say, please show your work.

Ned Rice

Marina del Rey