Natalie Yemenidjian
This semester, every story the Roundup published seemed to be marred with the “looming threat” of the state’s budget deficit.
The $16 million debt we are in has also led to an administration hungry for money, which was made evident with the district’s approval of Proposition 39, a third construction bond measure that would do practically everything the two proceeding it should have done, yet costs taxpayers nearly double the price.
I have heard it time and time again; the money was not enough to cover expenditures. Something I have not heard is when it will all end. Will it lead to the demolition of the student-revered cafeteria and subsequent appearance of fast-food vendors?
I hope not.
I hope that this school and district stand for more than just the bottom line. Do not allow our humble school to become a breeding ground for corporations and their over-processed foods.
We would be better off if the farm produced more. There was a time when it served the community.
The pseudo-farmer’s market is full of fruit from Oxnard and other places where farmers toiled the land and reap the benefits.
We need to give that pleasure back to our students and to the Woodland Hills community. Let’s increase agriculture classes and teach sustainable ways of farming without building over the land that makes Pierce’s farm the largest farm in Los Angeles.
Being part of a bureaucratic system does not mean we must make empty promises like one. Next year, let’s see more than just a couple of fancy buildings. Let’s feel the impact of more transfers and the best education this school can possibly offer.
After all — isn’t that this school’s priority?
*This article has had corrections made to it, as the printed letter from the editor was not the correct version.
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