Does the administration building have lead water pipes or what?
What agenda underlies the special adminstrative board's assinine proposals?
Someone suggested to me recently that the Powers-That-Be want to destroy the public school system because it would be easier for them to control a less-organized collection of charter schools. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but this is St. Louis, after all.
Most assinine of all is to build new elementary schools in a district that already has too many buildings for its current population, one of which would replace Mann School in Tower Grove South. WTF? Have they seen a modern school building?
Less assinine, but equally appalling, is the deed restrictions to forbid charter schools in the buildings they close.
Oh yeah, that's right, it's only been a few years since they gave away the breath-takingly beautiful Stix School, and the charming Michael School to Barnes Hospital and replaced them with a gyp board box. Lead in their water is the only possible explanation for their mental lapses.
That, or none of them have had a good education.
Our school buildings are among our great acheivements as a city. It seems to me that the board could put them to better use; lease them out to generate income; invite our colleges and universities to make more use of them; tap the growing need for professional continuing education and involve corporations in supporting these critical neighborhood institutions.
Maybe if the board showed some imagination, we'd have a good school system.
Let's not hold our breath.
What agenda underlies the special adminstrative board's assinine proposals?
Someone suggested to me recently that the Powers-That-Be want to destroy the public school system because it would be easier for them to control a less-organized collection of charter schools. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but this is St. Louis, after all.
Most assinine of all is to build new elementary schools in a district that already has too many buildings for its current population, one of which would replace Mann School in Tower Grove South. WTF? Have they seen a modern school building?
Less assinine, but equally appalling, is the deed restrictions to forbid charter schools in the buildings they close.
Oh yeah, that's right, it's only been a few years since they gave away the breath-takingly beautiful Stix School, and the charming Michael School to Barnes Hospital and replaced them with a gyp board box. Lead in their water is the only possible explanation for their mental lapses.
That, or none of them have had a good education.
Our school buildings are among our great acheivements as a city. It seems to me that the board could put them to better use; lease them out to generate income; invite our colleges and universities to make more use of them; tap the growing need for professional continuing education and involve corporations in supporting these critical neighborhood institutions.
Maybe if the board showed some imagination, we'd have a good school system.
Let's not hold our breath.
1 comment:
i hadn't thought of the admin bldg having lead pipes, altho the schools have been a question in my mind for a while ....
i don't buy the collection of charter schools argument, but watching what they're doing to the magnet schools (my kids attend) i can only conclude their intent is to run it into the ground. i couldn't believe that Shaw appeared on their list, too. actually, i could, because the real estate in that neighborhood is worth $$$.
but my record on that is public ...
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