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Message to the School Systems

Many schools have issues with budget cuts and teacher layoffs. Some schools are at risk of losing accreditation. Students shouldn't worry about actually receiving a proper education. Their only worry should be completing tonight's homework.

By Alex LeePublished 6 years ago 2 min read
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May 17, 2018

One Student

Some High School

An uncared about district

To Whom It May Concern:

Some High school of An Uncared for District by a low blow with the news of the upcoming layoff effective next year. The number is currently 42 teachers of different departments; this is approximately 25 percent of our teachers. That is the equivalent to eliminating two classes from each of our eight class schedules. These teachers are responsible to provide for their family, their children, and spouse. While some are fortunate enough to be relocated to a position in the middle school, other middle school and high school teachers alike will not have a place of work in the following year.

Class sizes will skyrocket to 30-40 students per class. One on one assistance from a teacher will be unfathomable. Our students' education is sure to decline due to this. Students of different levels will surely be accumulated even further than in previous years, prompting some students to move at a pace unfit for them. While honors and AP classes will still exist, those in CP or CP w/S classes will surely suffer from such changes.

Numerous small clubs and activities are sure to lose their funding. Drama courses, which can be taken as electives, are apt to be at risk due to their small class sizes. The first semester this year was almost cut for not reaching a sufficient amount of students. With limited teachers, many electives that do not give students an art or technology credit are also at risk. Classes such as young adult literature are led by teachers in that department; this class does not count as an English credit nor the required art and technology credit. Classes that are simply electives may be overlooked though they teach valuable skills and further educate us in our interests that are viable for our upcoming futures.

Some High School is in jeopardy of losing its accreditation. Without official certification that the school has met the criteria of external regulators will directly impact students' ability to obtain scholarships or even be admitted to the college of his or her preference.

The schools' budget is not meeting the needs of the school. Somehow the school can get businesses to donate televisions for the halls yet no one bats an eye to missing tiles in the ceiling or the leaks that emerge in the winter around the school. The school has a suburb weight room with weights of every size and shape and numerous other machines for every portion of your body yet clubs are forced to use out-of-date equipment.

I am currently a freshman on the track to four years of almost all honors classes and in upcoming years AP courses. I plan to someday apply to Ivy League universities, a goal I set long ago that is at risk now because of the faulty budget of the school. I am not the only student who is upset. I am not the only one who may not achieve the goals we have set forth for ourselves. The final English project is to research our future careers and the steps to get to that point. The path to that point is covered in obstacles and I fear as we each run along each wind and curve at one point we will all be knocked down by a hurdle. Who’s to say if some of us will be able to stand and trudge onward?

Sincerely,

Some Freshman

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Alex Lee

High school student, writing about anything within free time.

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