Letters to the Editor
I wanted to comment about the proposed calendar.
I agree that it is better for all of the school to be on the same calendar. I remember last year the first day of school was Aug. 13, 2007. The teachers were told not to take their students outside the first two weeks of school because of the extreme heat.
The air conditioning went out at many schools during that time. With energy costs going up, how much is it going to cost the taxpayers to cool all of the schools in Warren County during the hottest month of the year? Administrators want to start school a week earlier than last year, so will the children be forbidden to go out for three weeks? Why not start school a little later? Metro schools have pushed their calendar back to cut their expenses. Then if the teachers and administrators want a 45-5 calendar, so that Bobby Ray and their parents will still get the breaks they desire, they can still have it.
Jackie Smith
Hutchins Road
McMinnville