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Show Outlook ' Oakridge Clarified By JOHN CHARLES BERNHARDT j My recent column on Equal Education seems to have fallen viJ a great deal of misinterpretation. Perhaps the person who hT tributed most to the confusion is Mrs. Robert L. Schmid. There:'' answer her letter of April 23 before dealing with other matters, "" 1 Mrs. Schmid claims that I purported my column to be an fad-of fad-of Oakridge Elementary School. I did no such thing. In fact, It Oakrdige, "It is a superb monument to quality education." IalsJ "Granite School District may be very proud of Oakridge." lb consider these statements as an indictment of Oakridge. On the c' I meant to compliment what I consider to be one of the best scb in Utah or any other state in this country. Were all elementary sA; equal in quality to Oakridge I would be overcome with joy. Schools East and West ;.. Mrs. Schmid maintains that I implied that OakTi, side school. Mrs. Schmid goes on to point out that there are two ml side schools practically identical to Oakridge. It would appear tiat its Schmid cannot " distinguish between the words many and all, I said tha there are many other elementary schools in this valley which are w equal to Oakridge. I did not say that Oakridge was unique nor did I si that good schools were confined to the east side. I was well aware o:i existence of good schools on the west side when I wrote my coluc The claim made by Mrs. Schmid that Oakridge is not air-corai reflects her error not mine. I talked with the principal of the scM&r, -this matter and was informed that the school uses the Johnson Sjifc: air-conditioning. This system brings in cool air from outside aci:: lates it through the building. In this manner the temperature in to ej rooms and other areas of the school is controlled. It is true tha: fc ; system does not further cool the air it takes in and that it bece-little bece-little value when temperatures really begin to rise. However, theJcs System present at Oakridge is without a doubt an air-conditionings and as such gives Oakridge an important advantage over a scls'J so equipped. Outside Granite District Near the end of her letter Mrs. Schmid mentioned my statenies: the children at Oakridge have materials to work with which are sf- to those at many other schools in the valley. Mrs. Schmid points oi'.-! all schools in the Granite School District receive similar materials -statement on the part of Mrs. Schmid is of course true. What Mrs, fails to realize is that Granite School District would have to go s way to claim to cover the enire valley. Granite is the largest di-C Utah, but there are other districts. When I made my statement mind schools in Murray, and Salt Lake, not other schools in the t School District. All in all, Mrs. Schmid has assumed that comments which at the majority but not all of the elementary schools in the vale; aimed at all such schools. This sort of thing is what results from j ence to the poor quality of education that children in some areas Quality Education Finally, I would like to say a few words to the personnel of and of the Granite School District. You have in Oakridge a & tastic school. I hope that by now I have made my feelings q" Perhaps if I point out that my comment about having to count y ren in a classroom before you can believe there are really 30 oi ment as a compliment on the layout of the classrooms at Oafc feelings will be even more clear. I look forward to seeing Oato and to someday seeing dozens of other schools in the area to its present level of quality education. |
