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And then we get the same old “panic” argument (another variation of “Hobson’s choice”) of, “Do what we want now because it’s going to cost you much more later on through rising inflation and interest rates when you are compelled to approve.” Certainly we have become accustomed (and inured) to this type of pleading by school administrators and successive, selfappointed special interest groups from the days of the S.O.S. to the present one.
The real question involved here is, and always has been, the justification and real need for expansion of the physical plant at the high school. (We used to talk about classrooms; now we appear to be discussing basketball courts and auditoriums.)
While -on the School Board myself my position on this controversial issue was clear and was consistent — “Justify the expansion with FACTS and I’ll vote for it; if . jou cannot, -1/l vote against
’te ^here' we stffl are today and that, in my opinion, should be the position of our elected supervisors. Before voting, however, the supervisors should demand (and get) from our superintendent and the School Board the FACTS with which to decide. Unfortunately, for the promoters of these expansionist schemes, one of the most important FACTS is a steady and continuing decline in school population, in this county and throughout the Commonwealth.
When that FACT, with all its implications, is fully understood by our supervisors, there is still a very important question hanging in
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