i hope the school board doesn’t tell us that these schools are in such a state of disrepair that it would be cheaper to build new schools than repair these..that would open the board to the critisim of ‘what happened to the money thats supposed to be alloted for maintenance and repair?’ was it diverted to other places? if so, then we have the wrong managers in what is fast becomeing a very costly position..and we need to be adressing getting new managers instead of closing schools..there needs to be some whistle blowing and some red flag alerts when things start going wrong..the board needs an early warning system in place..one of the things this school board in particular needs is an independently elected oversight committee..too many holes in the present system where board members have access to taxpayer monies for personal use.  do they have access to school board credit cards and cash for mardi gras throws, cars for personal use? etc..?

boy..this opens a whole can of worms huh? why are the schools being closed? what are the problems? where would the children be moved to?why not raise taxes? what are the plans for the schools after closing them.. whats to be done with the existing structures? we can’t stop children from being born.. we’ll have to have those schools anyway and they’re already there..why should we have to build new schools later and pay for them again?  is there a land deal in the works we don’t know about?...hmmmm...i hadn’t seen any articles concerning an appeal first from the school board to raise taxes or else....just that they want to close these schools. can the board offer viable alternatives to closing?what are some other options?