Fence Building at SBHS Just Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense
Fence Building at SBHS Just Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense
Editor,
Did the SBHS Board fail their basic logic class?
Several weeks ago the San Benito High School Board decided to remove all of the lockers at SBHS, forcing the students carry their entire day’s worth of books and classroom materials with them. The rationale was that the lockers were being vandalized during off-hours. There was most likely a significant cost involved to remove and dispose of the lockers.
Now the board has decided to spend $35,000 to install fencing to close off the interior of the school. It seems to me that this is a failure in basic logic. Why not leave the lockers and fence off the school thereby protecting the lockers?
When I was in high school in Palo Alto in the ’70s, our lockers were enclosed in a cyclone fence cage so they were not accessible after hours or on weekends. Imagine that; 30 years ago, in Palo Alto, they realized the need to protect the lockers from damage. It just seems silly that the board is spending money to remove and dispose of the lockers that are desperately needed, and then spending more money to fence in the school, which would protect the lockers they just removed.
Tony Weir
Hollister
Protest the Rate Hikes
Editor,
I was appalled to open my City of Hollister water/sewer bill to discover it had increased 32 PERCENT in one billing period – and my family wasn’t even home for half of it! This came on the heels of opening my PG&E bill that had tripled over the same usage last year.
This is just another example of the city’s rape of taxpayers to cover its mistakes, its ineptitude to manage city affairs and finance, its misuse of taxpayer dollars and its damage to the local economy. The cost of buying a house in Santa Clara or Monterey counties may be slightly higher than San Benito, but the utilities are about a third, which makes buying a home elsewhere more appealing.
Hollister is going to lose the people who can actually afford to buy a home to places where they can actually afford utilities, with better school systems, better shopping and closer to jobs that pay well! Unfortunately, I missed the opportunity to show up at the City Hall meeting to protest the water hike, but I will not miss the opportunity to protest the incredulous SEWER HIKE the city is planning on SEPT. 5 at 6:30pm, at CITY HALL. All homeowners should attend to protest.
Colleen Eastman,
via e-mail
