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To the editor:
In response to the letter of Robert Eastham in last week’s paper, let us say that his remarks on fiscal accountability and sound planning for the future are certainly to the point. Surely he knows, though, that answers to his questions, good as they are, are rarely available to readers of only newspapers (good as those newspapers may be). Details of state mandates that are not currently being met, details of present enrollment K-7, etc., are of course available and many of these facts have been presented and discussed with various community groups, SPTA’s, faculties, etc.
But the main thrust of Mr. Eastham’s remarks is based on several false assumptions. The first such false assumption is that the current high school is adequate for the population it now serves. It was built in 1958 for 285 students, with six toilets each for boys and girls, and a cafeteria that seated 90. Several years later, four classrooms were added, increasing the building capacity; no other facilities were improved. There are now approximately 385 students in the high school, with enrollment for the near future projected to go down slightly, and enrollment for the long run predicted to go up. These are the bare facts of enrollment, but unless the school’s population drops to zero, the school is inadequate - it is in grave need of a major renovation. It is almost 30 years old, built in a decade infamous for poor school de
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