Reader supports CBSS

I have in the past had the pleasure of being a high school and middle school tutor at Columbia Basin Secondary School. It was a good experience and I loved the kids with all my heart. I fear for the students and many teachers over the potential school closing. It is a possible grave injustice to them and the whole community. CBSS as it is known is a special school where kids that might be seen as the one's that fall through the cracks can survive and even thrive. Not all the kids fit this role. And I can remember some that just needed a little more attention in the halls or in the after school study hall. The School board will displace good kids who have been bullied or seen rejection of a system that harbors arrogance and conformity to peer pressure with a wave of the pen. I appreciate the many successful under takings of students, teachers and administrators from all the Moses Lake School District's schools. Why is it that the kids who need and get more looking after the most are on the chopping block?

This is a text book case of a hard pressed administration potentially making a decision that hurts both entities. The problems that forced some of the students out of the main school system will we exacerbated by this move.

Being a responsible administrator is what the public demands. I am making this a personal issue with me since I have seen the success or magic of Columbia Basin Secondary School in action. Caring about the students, teachers and the future is what I ask for. Michelle Price should be responsible and compassionate to all who seek education in Moses Lake. The real problem that the school board has not addressed is the problem of making a better plan for a new High School so the populace can see excellence from the top down in Moses Lake's school system. Open the doors and the people will come.

Gary Nichols

Moses Lake