| Show I I 1 Letter On Consolidation Shows I I R A Sim rr r Problem to Summit i PARK PAnK CIT y I Y I This letter was vas int nt as a result of ol tlc tile articlEs In the Public I j Forum This U is a c copy py Th They Tiey y j I wrote tint that our ms ins v. v were so like ilkI theirs they hoped we ue could i see why w we e should not co ollI oll- oll I I date and because of some of the thereal thereal real good points brought out it I I should be published so more mole people peo peo- people pie could read this letter Ber letter Berneil Ber- Ber peo-I peo neil Kummer We the Roberts School and I Community Improvement Committee Com Corn ComI I Roberts Robert's Idaho are askIng asking asking ask ask- ing for your support The Tho Jefferson County School District voted 3 to 2 to discontinue discontinue discontinue dis dis- dis- dis continue our High School Beyond Reason Heason The people of Roberts cast their vote in favor favol of keeping the i high school 92 02 percent voted In I I favor This vote was presented to the school board but they simply I ignored it This dictatorship we weare weare are ure not In favor of The power of school trustees has gone beyond I all reasoning They are not held accountable for what they do I IDue Due to the vote we are striving i i ing to keep our school and Improve improve im Im- Im- Im ImI I I prove on it Roberts High School 1 II h fa an accredited school holding I that accreditation with the I northwestern Accredited Association atlon seventeen miles from the I nearest city our south bus route is 11 45 miles each trip to the school I as It U now stands the north route loute is 25 miles mUes each trip We are asking for help to enable us to I dissolve to our former district We believe local control creates more parent interests student leadership less student problems and dropout less apathy in education education edu edu- cation and higher quality edu edu- cation I After eighteen years of consolidation consoli consoli- consolidation dation we can truthfully say it has not been successful for us By consolidation of all schools into larger lat ones our students are lo losing the Importance of each in individual individual individual in- in and the student faculty relationship The large larga schools loose nose adult interest and the main push behind them A Bio 1110 Mistake I Pouring more money Into edue edu- edu j e and getting more moie dictatorship dictator dictator- dictator I i ship will not I solve Olve the education education I problem Let Idaho be the tho leader I Iset get set education progressing by I more local control Admitting a mistake and correcting It Is progress pro- pro gress res Tic The rhe tr bend end of education seems t t. i be too much emphasis on de- de derNS derN'S i rN'S and not enough observation and participation We firmly believe p if we are nio given ghen the opportunity to operate our air I school our out students will ree revo re- re e vo yr a far better education than th then tiu are arp getting now We do not 1 believe busing stu stu- students dents long distance is the answer We We- understand the educators have a n bill they are going to push very vry hard to get It through legislature legislature legis legis- lature to force all small schools into large ones Are we going to have more dictatorship In our education system T Why are our boys fighting for freedom in Vietnam if Ir we have dictatorship here Let Idaho be our leader Instead of a follower Put education under local conI con- con I George George Chairman |
