|
|
|
|
PUBLISHED ON EDITION NO.
»
339
|
6/15/2010 |
EDITORIAL:
Unthinkable |
|
|
Over the
years, it was not a secret that we have been very critical
of the way the former administration managed the school
department. Constantly we received information about
wrongdoing in the schools, such as lack of supplies,
equipment, broken windows, while the superintendent
generously gave away computers to his friends by the dozens
and benefitted from all he could take from the school
system. Many times the information came from within the very
same schools.
All information was checked for accuracy before it was
reported; unfortunately, the administration used to call it
rumors and chose to ignore them.
This time, the unthinkable just happened. We just received
information about the condition of two Lawrence schools (the
School for Exceptional Studies and the Francis M. Leahy
School) in an
e-mail from a department store, not your neighborhood
department store but from a big national department store
chain, Big Lots.
Big Lots is donating $100,000 to be shared among 46 schools
across the nation and Lawrence has those two schools
competing for a prize of $10,000 each. To participate, the
schools must submit a video explaining their needs.
In their video, the School for Exceptional Studies’
principal says that In order to ensure the students’ success
we need computers, software, and life skills materials to
help them reach their full potential. Evidently, the
administration that has spent millions in other schools left
this one out.
And it’s getting worst. Three Francis M. Leahy School
students shot their video from a ‘Rainy Trailer’, hoping to
win in order to fi x the leaky roof of the trailer so they
can attend class without umbrellas.
We don’t know when these videos were shot. We know for sure
that the former superintendent of schools would have never
authorized such a thing, but we are convinced that the
videos are a direct result of the mismanagement of that
administration.
We can only hope that the new administration will take a
serious look at this situation and fi x it immediately. And
if any school wins, use the money for a fi eld day trip for
the students.
After all, they deserve an A for their effort. They try to
do as kids what adults didn’t do for them.
http://www.lots2give.com/vote/CKIYDHYGVCU |
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT | eA |
|
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT | eB |
|
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT | eC |
|
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT | eR |
|
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
|
|
|
