Letters - Oct. 8, 2009

Truly a shame

Like many other Gazette readers, we’ve followed the recent drama surrounding the Knowledge Bowl program - how the advisor’s resignation prompted the elimination of the program, how the school board was unaware of the pending elimination, how after considering several options, the board then chose to implement a one percent cut to all extracurricular staffers in order to generate enough revenue to fund the Knowledge Bowl program, and how that decision has caused unhappiness among the staff mostly because they had been given no warning regarding the cut.

One thing we haven’t read,...