Dec 18 2008
Bay Area Schools Without Heat
We have been experiencing frigid temperatures here in San Francisco and around the bay area. It is not uncommon for temperatures to dive into the 20’s and 30’s in the evening and 40’s during the day. While this is uncommon for this time of year it seems that each year brings lower temperatures.
I was watching the local news the other evening when it was reported that a school in Richmond did not have any heat. The children in one chemistry class actually boiled water in their beakers in order to keep warm. The heat had been off for weeks. They were told that someone would look into the matter but nothing was ever done.
I was appalled by this situation. These are children we are talking about here. It’s bad enough that teachers are without the supplies that they need and have to spend their own money to buy the basics because the school districts cannot afford what classrooms need. But to be without heat and no one is doing anything about it?
The Governor, and I’m only using that word to describe him because I won’t use vulgarity on my blog post, over and over again cuts the schools budgets in order to balance the state budget. When he was campaigning for and elected Governor he said that the schools were his top priority. Is this his definition of priority? And where is all that lottery money? The lottery was supposed to benefit our schools. It’s certainly not paying for the basics is it?
I just think it horrible that children have to suffer because of the idiocy of our government.
oh, that is really unmaginable to not have heat in the 20s or 30s. i know when i was still teaching in CT, we had some no school days even if without snow if the heat does not work, and it was not even in the 20s or 30s! indeed, it is a shame to our government.
Charles - Thanks so much your kind words are greatly appreciated. Sacto can be frigid this time of year.
betchai - It really is a shame but nothing is being done. Thanks my friend for stopping by.