Refreshing

How refreshing it was to see the picture on the front page of the Gazette February 7, 2019 edition. A public meeting in the Steptoe school gymnasium was held on a floor that had been protected from damage caused by rocks, mud and water damage.

My husband informed me that practice has been done since he was in school. He is now 81 years old. What a novel idea. Take care of what you have.

I have read nothing that puts in place a plan that would maintain this $18.4 million remodel for 581 students at Colfax.

A former school board member informed me that the yearly maintenance and operation budget has absolutely nothing to do with maintenance.

I guess there is always the bully pulpit: another $18.4 million remodel for a dwindling number of students because it is for the children.

--Carolyn Imeson, Colfax