Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

I. Jamiiy' 17.
EDITORIALS,
Building conditions deteriorate
"If > disgusting. I'm embarrassed In go Co this school.
What kind ofschcol oui brag about how wonderful it is
when its facilities arc *o run down?" exclaimed a senior.
Is Lpwrll falling into ruiru? In 30 years will the*:
building be anotlier Polytechnic High School?
No, ot course not. These arc extreme assumptions, but
Lowell docs have some serious maintenance and repair
problems
Tuo many of us have cncoui.1ercd problems with plumbine
and lockers and seen gara,K and grafitti strewn all
over. Pcelinj paint is also z familiar sight.
Along with (hr trash scattered anxind the main buildings
arc the ramshackle tempenry buildJngs. complete with
their own prcolcnu.
Assisunt Princi|*al Gloria Ut.^t*nofl* directs building
upkeep. She cites having UK few c tstou'ans as the main
problem. Lovell has only two i.y anj fixir night custodians,
vho are not a'ways here. Low pay. low recognition
and appreciation, and low job satisfaction cause rCg* 1
absecce rates among cttstodians.
Bogdanoff insists that » school as big as Lv-wcll ncetU
at leai> two more day custndiais. However, the school
'"Tiicy're dirty and cold. Tliey
should be painted, the blackboards
should be fixed, they
need better desks, and they
leak."
district docs not budget enough money U< Lowell (o hire
more help.
The problems with maintenance and repair urcn'l only
because of a lack of custoduns. The school district only
has two plumbers for the entire city. :tudc*nt said.
"I collected the ballou for my rcg. and if (here were
any for the scct>nd person listed I threw thine away." sjid
a junior.
Many students did not know lor whom to V f*>»
the week nf Tore clectiims. but mtnt students failed to rejJ
the statcr.>.nt.
"I alu-ays read them while I vote, no: before hand.'*
.laid Joe Wong. "So when 1 A»\ told ! had to vote in
rep.," he continued. "1 didn't know who I should vote
for. So I Hipped a coin."
Many seniors did not understand why they voted for
president-elect. Thitofficer trains fur a scmcst:t. without
* 7 collected the ballots for my
reg.t and if there were any for
the second person listed, I threw
those away. "
i vot:. and will assume power at the Kail of the new
school year. Uunn. the winner, will never repre-s the academic community and the
majority of the people *ho feel 'Jiis kind of organization
is both unnecessary and dctrimcatal. To Mop "liberal
bias" ideas strives to eliminate human opinion fiom tie
classroom.
Itn't fr-edom what Arcerica is all about? An organization
wtich seeks to rcstiict free speech endanfers. not
pecrjeu, £{•% country.
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