Dear Editor:
After reading
”
Lessons
”
about the GHS lockdown in The Dispatch, I was relieved to read
the future plans the police and school officials have for my high
school.
Dear Editor:
After reading “Lessons” about the GHS lockdown in The Dispatch, I was relieved to read the future plans the police and school officials have for my high school. It would definitely have a less chaotic effect on the students and their families, if and when this should happen again (hopefully no time soon) if an alert e-mail system for teachers,students, and parents were in place.
Also we should definitely fix the school’s intercom system. It would help out a lot to keep everyone informed. It would have helped create a more organized dismissal for the students of GHS.
After reading this, I read the article in the opinion section about the school’s communication system and I agreed with what you had to say, although it seems you have the assumption that most GHS students are careless teenagers.
It is unfair to make this assumption based on some silly juveniles. Do not forget there are motivated people that attend GHS. I believe the majority of students left not because they were careless, but because they cared about what was going on and they were eager to see their families – myself included. Again, I can’t take the blame for those who saw it as an easy way to escape fifth period.
I was angry about how the situation was handled (as simply another business matter). It is an outrage for the school and GUSD to think students would return to class afterward when they are upset, frightened, etc. It is a traumatic situation for many, and it’s unrealistic to think we’re expected to go to lunch and fifth period as if nothing had happened.
The district would lose money if everyone left. Thus, attempting to keep them there until school was out seemed to be the perfect solution. It makes you wonder how much does GUSD really care about your family? I’m sure they care – as long as they are still making money. If the school wanted the students to be signed out maybe they should have taken care of that before they let us out of our classes.
Jacqui Hernandez, Gilroy
Submitted Wednesday, May 26 to ed****@ga****.com
