That Ought to Keep the Kids in School
Construction continues on the security fence surrounding Creekside Middle School. The chain-link portion on Paradise Knolls is complete, and its tall zinc-clad poles and mesh gleam. Heavy, rectangular black posts now line the Center Street frontage, awaiting some sort of connectors; judging by the height of the posts and their color and construction, Your Boulevardier suspects that an eight- to ten-foot-tall wrought-iron-style barrier is on its way.
One wonders if there isn't a better use for the CVUSD's capital improvement budget. Your Boulevardier cannot claim to be a student of the district's finances or a close scrutinizer of its operations, so he will not judge. He will just wonder.
One is reminded of the new roadsigns going up along Interstate 580 through Ashland, San Leandro, and Oakland, just west of Castro Valley. Soeur de Boulevardier first noticed and mentioned that these monumental new signposts seem to be replacing perfectly adequate existing signage. One sometimes wishes that the dollars had been spent on the road surface, rather than on the directional placards that dangle above it.
Labels: budgets, highways, politics, safety, schools, security, taxes
posted by Your Boulevardier @ 9:17 AM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
One wonders if the fence is to keep the children in or the Bad Guys out?
Of course you are right, Wudas. The headline for the post was intended to be ironic. But perhaps Your Boulevardier is simply uninformed; has Creekside had a problem with Bad Guys entering the school during off hours?
I'm not a Bay Area resident so I don't know what is usual. I just know that parents and teachers are more cautious about the people they see around school grounds. But because there are so many weirdos around these days I feel our children are prisoners at school.
I got the title.
All CVUS schools have had problems with vandelism. I do not think the giant iron fence is the way to solve the problem. I have a child that goes to Creek Side and I think it makes all the schools looke like jail. What kind of learning environment is that?
My daughter goes to elementry school and the fence at her school is already up and in use. It's difficult to get into the school to pick her up because not all of the entrances are unlocked during school hours.
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