Students should be feted for academics
Our school systems are in dire straits with funding. The idea of being forced to lay off teachers in Naperville-Aurora Districts 203 and 204 seems almost beyond imagination.
A number of months ago I wrote about my concern that District 203 was spending funds to buy land for lacrosse fields. I also observe both school districts using school buses and drivers to bring physical education students to the bowling alley for about 1/2 hour of play. But teachers' jobs are not secure, and class sizes are to be larger.
The Daily Herald has feted on the front page, the athletic prowess of Candace Parker and Evan Lycacek - both deserving of recognition for their years of training and resulting successes. Yet when scholastic students bring home the gold for competition in math, literature, history, etc. in the Illinois High School Association tournament, they get a small article without pictures on the bottom of Page 3.
Did they not put in years of effort and determination as well? Where are our priorities?
Betty Hill
Naperville