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Speak Out
School construction is on schedule
Rod Sprecher--who in my eyes was the most trusted and knowledgeable person at San Jose Unified and who headed the bond project--has retired. In his wisdom he has left in place some very good people and I am happy to report after the first full summer of construction that we are under budget so far.
(1) Both Booksin and Schallenberger elementary schools have completed bond work. (2) Willow Glen Middle School started its construction this summer and it will be ongoing until September 2000. The middle school children are also enjoying the new permanent portables. (3) The high school is scheduled to begin construction in June 2000 and it will run until September 2001. (4) Willow Glen Elementary received new portables over the summer. Its bond construction is scheduled to begin in June 2000. (5) The Broadway school is having a new two-story building built in the back of the school and the school will be ready for the River Glen children to move into it in the fall of 2000. (6) Canoas Garden construction is being funded by developer fees and will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 2000. (7) A new two-story school will be built at the River Glen Elementary site. It will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 2001 and will become a neighborhood school again.
For information regarding bond work call 408.559.4444 or visit http://www.sjusd.K12ca.us/DO/Construction/Bondfundings.htm.
Will Clinton
District 3 Bond Oversight Representative
Harmil Way
Pepsi in the schools is corporate invasion
It really angers me that San Jose Unified is actively promoting and pushing a product that's not good for our children. Pepsi is carbonated sugar-water, with no benefit to our children. What's next, will kids be required to wear Nikes before they're allowed to go to school? How about an exercise book that purports to teach third-graders math by having them count Tootsie Rolls!
I am opposed to exposing San Jose Unified schoolchildren to corporate values in an educational environment where they assume that whatever is presented to them carries the approval of the educational establishment. Students and teachers need basic training on how to deal with the corporate invasion of every aspect of life. Schools used to be the one safe haven where kids weren't exposed to the constant barrage of advertising.
Michael A. Johnson
Jonathan Avenue
Correction:
In the Seniors column in the Oct. 6 issue of the Willow Glen Resident, the title of Walter Bortz's book was incorrect. He is the author of We Live Too Short and Die Too Long. His most recent book is Dare to Be 100.
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Willow Glen, California Since 1992
