...Sharpe, that is...outgoing GCS Board member Anita Sharpe apparently had much to say at last night's GCS Board meeting in which she unloaded a litany of why there are distinct differences of assets at many GCS middle schools.Hear her words via today's N&R:
Sharpe questioned inequalities between similar middle schools, specifically asking why Southern Middle appears to have been shortchanged.
“It all started with dead trees,” Sharpe said.
Trees were not planted at Southern when it was built in 2005. Central office staff said the drought would kill them. The trees were promised for later, but when
Sharpe went back to Southern to see if the trees were planted, they weren’t.
Sharpe said she also found numerous other omissions, including a lack of handicapped-accessible athletic fields, irrigation for those fields and stage lighting. All were items Sharpe said exist at Northern Middle and Hairston Middle, which were built about the same time as Southern.
Chief Financial Officer Sharon Ozment noted that at the time of planning and construction, the system was under difficult financial constraints. She also noted a regime change among those responsible for the construction.
Anita, this was the crux of my campaign...equality for ALL schools.
Oh, that's right...my agenda was too radical!
E.C. :)
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