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Speak Out
Friday nights were for teens, not dishes
I have appreciated the many articles by Cookie Curci-Wright that you have published over the past few years concerning the Garden Theatre. I must correct you though on this last one ("Local movie palace handed out both dishes and memories," Nov. 24).
Dinnerware was given on Monday and Tuesday nights, not Fridays. Fridays were already a major problem with the hundreds of teenagers who came to visit each other and couldn't care less about what was on the screen.
J. A. "Bud" Lima
Former manager,
Garden Theatre, San Jose
Broadway deserves a decent campus
The effects of the community uproar surrounding the impending Broadway High School move to the John Muir campus have been all but devastating to the school and staff. Because of the legal pressure the Robertsville group has now put on the Board of Education and San Jose Unified School District, the planned move on March 1 has been stalled. Broadway High School must be evacuated by the March date in order to proceed with the construction on site for the transformation of the school into an elementary one ready for September 2000.
What do we do now? To where do we move? There is talk about relocating to the Corporation Yard at Highway 87 and Curtner. How lovely for our students and staff--a corporation yard of steel buildings and housing unit for the plentitude of yellow school buses owned by the district. According to sources there is no other property that the district owns for us to relocate other than the Muir campus. And why not continue with the original--and, I might add, signed, sealed and delivered--legal decision to move to the Muir property? Because the surrounding neighborhood has the misinformed and erroneous belief that these are bad kids. Hoodlums, criminals.
I have taught at this continuation high school for more than 10 years now, and I invite anyone to spend just one hour with me as I teach these alternative kids. You will observe classes of nothing but well-behaved, well-mannered, on-task students, interested in obtaining their high school credits toward graduation. You will find a most caring staff and faculty.
The concerns of this Robertsville community are unfounded and emotional, not factual. The fears they express are nonexistent. We have worked hard to pull in the kids who have fallen through the school system cracks. Some have made incredible strides who would normally be out on the streets, and this is our thanks from the very community which we have helped make a better place for all.
The bottom line is that this is a sad statement in the pursuit of making this world a less prejudicial place to live and a more loving and spiritual existence for the human race to survive.
Connie DeCampo Shelby
Teacher, Broadway High School, San Jose
Clarification
In the Nov. 3 article, "District 6 candidates focus on campaign fundraising," Kris Cunningham's interdistrict contribution total included a loan. Ken Yeager's District 6 contributions total did not. The Willow Glen Resident regrets the oversight.
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Willow Glen, California Since 1992
