Another letter to the editor

Hi all
Here is another letter that has been sent in. I am hoping that you have had a chance to see these in the paper.
I would urge all to send letters to the editor and cc the trustees as well as the Honorable Shirley Bond. Let all know how you feel and what you think.



"To the Editor,
Re: School closure plan gets provincial nod, Nov. 22.
Let’s get this straight – Nanaimo school district is considering selling off Nanaimo District secondary school.
A site that is located adjacent to the recently dubbed Nanaimo sports zone. With a list of amenities that includes the Nanaimo Ice Centre, Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, Rotary Bowl and, Serauxmen stadiums and surrounding baseball and soccer fields, the zone is indeed impressive.
Never mind it’s proximity to Malaspina University-College, easy access to the Nanaimo Parkway and well-serviced public transit. The site already deals with a high traffic corridor. Can this be said of other potential sites?
The hook of selling the site is to provide extra money for unspecified district plans. The trouble is, parents never seem to have a clear picture of what those plans are as they change dramatically by the minute.
A site with this many amenities is indeed unique and priceless not only to the students who attend the high school but to the area surrounding it and to the district as a whole.
The school district is already in partnership with the city with respect to the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.
Building a new school on the NDSS site has even greater potential to improve and expand on that partnership which could even include the college.
Imagine, high school by day, adult education in the evening. Then the tagline Learn, Train, Play the city has designated for the site would really begin to make some sense.
Barb Humpherville
Nanaimo
Students, community need high school"