Shame to see
shop cuts at HS
Editor:
I have lived in Sweet Home all my life and graduated from Sweet Home High School.
I was sad to read in the May 23 issue of The New Era that the high school auto-shop program is being cut. I was equally as disappointed to see that Bill Chandler’s position has been cut, in lieu of having another vocational high school teacher teach the class.
I understand that there has been a dip in the interest in the classes, and I also understand that cuts had to be made. I am not chastising any member of the School Board, or the board as a whole for making the decision. I just hope this is not a precursor to more shutdowns in shop-related classes.
For those youth graduating high school who choose not to go to college, auto, welding, and wood shop classes give real-world experience and skills that are required in many trades today.
I myself took several shop classes all throughout high school and I gained much knowledge and feel I am a more rounded person from it.
I understand the cuts – I wish they didn’t have to be made. I just hope this cut isn’t a sign of things to come.
Chas Palmer
SHHS Graduate 2010
Sweet Home