July 31, 2002
It has occurred to me that the citizens
of Littlestown should become interested in what is happening at our school board
meetings. I have read in the papers many letters to the editor and wonder why
people who never attend meetings write letters and obviously don't know what
they are talking about.
The person who wrote that Littlestown
has four roads in and out, and those "imports" who don't agree should
take the road out of town, has never been to a public board meeting.
People should attend many meetings
and then think about what they see and hear before writing letters.
I have been to many board meetings
just to find out what is going on, and it bothers me what I see and hear. It
looks like some of the members seem to come to meetings not ready to discuss
the subject, ask questions, or debate anything, just willing to go along with
their group clique.
As I have lived in Littlestown most
of my life and graduated from Littlestown High School in 1956, I don't like
how some people are making us look like an unfriendly town. We must all work
together for a common goal and figure out how to get along together whether
we agree or not.
The schools are important and we
must educate the kids. I am concerned that we aren't teaching them as well as
they should be. We spend tax money to educate kids and then we go to a restaurant
where high school kids operate the cash register. When the electricity goes
out and the machine won't work, they can't make change. Please, we must make
sure that math is taught more than it has been in the recent past.
We all should support the community
goal of educating our kids so they can get along in the world.
Fred A. Miller
Littlestown
Printed in the Hanover Evening Sun, July 31, 2002.