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Wo find this* latost brouhaha
about lights* Ra* night gamoe* ami tho constant parental complain^ In*! about their kids* not having the i*anu' sports opportunities available as* those that exist in suburban counties troubling
If wo an» going to cont|)are our high school with surrounding school* and suburban schools. we should als*o k*ok at comparable academic programs. Outside *4'our county two or three Raeigti languages art' ottered. teacher* mako mon' money and tia' wealth *4 academic opportunities availahU' to those students is* huge Han'ly do wo sax' bake wlw wr washes and open pleas to the Rappahannock community and our BOS to assuage those issue*. We're sure that parents are as* concermHi about tia'ir kids' tomial education as* they are about tia'ir opportunities to play sports. Wo just don't understaiai why tla»n' is loss outwani attention paid to thoso issue's.
Of course. tla' impact of the lights ms tia> night sky is a nw\jor consideration. as is tho use of electricity and who w-ill be paying Rir it.
Also paramount. what will actuaMy happen if tho promised private hinds lor tla» lights do not materialise; wouki tla' county actually lot those lights ta> removed? Wo think that is unlikoly. Tlien we will all pay
If wo uuestkm tla' not to tla* county if tla' athletic association defaults. tla' handful *4' part'nts cry mit:
“Wo have anonynwtus money*
Question w hy if t hoy havo tla* money they don't lease purchase tlio lighting themselves. ami they cry mit:
“Wo don't havo tla' money hut wo can get it “
In tla» ond. if ami when these lights aro approved. by next yoar or tho yoar aftor. wo will hoar nanplaints than thoso or otlior paronts
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