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Wolfe: DeCinzo does it again

Once again, Steve DeCinzo's instructive insights have contributed to the public dialogue (DeCinzo, June 24).

With deft humor he manages to pull my covers every time. Here I thought that my 600-word message to the City Council on the need for forming a panel of distinguished citizens to consider Saratoga's finances for the future was straightforward and not cryptic at all. Could Saratogans, working together, find a way to keep our parks open so that kids might play soccer and Little League games in safety? Will we have senior and teen services in the future? Are our streets to crumble and police services to diminish?

But, sure enough, DeCinzo read between the lines and discovered my "real" motivation. That is, to conspire with my old buds from BIA to pave over Saratoga. How does he do it? Uncanny.

Perhaps, after tossing enough distrust of public officials, he will then have the time to accept the civic responsibility to present his own plan for Saratoga's future and financial stability.

Shall we wait?

Don Wolfe
Mayor

Parents should adjust attitudes

I read with interest your article addressing some Saratoga parents' concerns about moving their Oak Street School children to the San Jose Strawberry Park site while their school is being renovated. One parent was quoted as being upset that she didn't buy into Saratoga to be "bused" into San Jose.

This attitude deeply troubles me. I am one of the many Saratoga parents whose children attend a school out of Saratoga, namely the Moreland School District's Country Lane school in San Jose.

Routinely my child is "bused" to her district school, although we live two blocks from a Saratoga-based Cupertino elementary school.

This past year, Country Lane staff and students were housed temporarily at the Strawberry Park site while Country Lane was also being renovated. The staff did an excellent job of assisting the children in adapting to their new location. The school year went well thanks in large part to principal Bill Johnston and his very capable teaching staff.

I have no quibble with my daughter attending Country Lane, which I adore, but do object to the attitudes of some Saratoga residents when they worry about "crossing the border" into a San Jose school, albeit temporarily. If the staff of Oak Street School has half the attitude Country Lane's staff had about the move, all will be well for those children as well.

I suggest the parents do likewise, adjust their attitude, and be grateful such a school exists for their children to attend while Oak Street is being renovated.

Lee Brunngraber
Saratoga

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