Sunday, March 23, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
The committee then assigned the area bordered by Washington, Valley View, Bonanza and Twin Lakes Drive to Twin Lakes. These parents went to the school board, and their children were allowed to stay at Ruth Fyfe, thus overcrowding Ruth Fyfe, which was also being renovated.
As of March 1, Twin Lakes had only 450 children and some empty classrooms. They will have even more empty classrooms in 1997-98 as the Chapter 10 program ends. The school district is covering up known facts.
I also feel, with money getting tighter in this state, all schools should be on year-round schedules. Fill up the space we have. Less money would have to be spent on new schools, and it has been proven children get a better education in year-round schools. The money saved could buy the basic equipment some of the schools need -- not including computers. Each school room should have a TV and a VCR. Teachers in the older schools need as modern equipment as the new schools have and as some of the older schools are receiving.
The governor wants to see computers in every classroom. Let's put good basic equipment in every classroom first, throughout the whole state of Nevada, so the basics are learned first.
Rose Kauder
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