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As
a property owner and taxpayer in Donley County and other counties, I’m
very concerned about seeing our hard-earned tax dollars being spent
wisely, especially when it concerns education. School administrators and
educators always need to be good stewards of tax money as well as state
funding, making sure that the best quality of education possible is
provided for every student in the classroom as well as in vocational and
athletic programs.
Furthermore,
the success achieved in these areas has a ripple effect of pride,
beginning with the student and extending to educators, administrators, and
all the way to community members. Success, however, is not only measured
by TAKS scores, UIL banners, and scoreboard totals, but also by the life
lessons learned along the way. Many of these lessons learned are simply by
watching the actions of their instructor or recalling their words of
encouragement. Therefore, it is crucial that those who have the
opportunity to influence and lead our youth have character traits such as
honesty, respect, and trustworthiness.
This
brings me to my question. Why has the Clarendon boys’ basketball coach,
who has brought more success to the program than has been achieved in more
than 30 years and whom I believe to be a fine example of these character
traits, no longer allowed to coach our young men?
The
school’s website states, “Every good effort put forth today will help
us insure a better tomorrow.” How is the removal of this coach, who by
reputation and performance proves he is an asset to the school, insuring a
better tomorrow?
I
hope that each elected school board member and school employee paid with
tax money will share in my concern and seek to answer these questions. In
their positions, they should be 100 percent committed to excellence in education.
Curtis
Sanders, Floydada