Suffer the Children

After reading this article, I am amazed at the denial of what's been in our school for MANY years. The trouble is, or should I say has been, that the school doesn't allow for budgeting for having regular cleanings in those attics, the Rock Gym's floors are rotten because of the lack of the maintenance department fixing it. The basement floods, causing all sorts of mold and despite numerous complaints over the years, there is "not enough money" to fix these problems. It's not ALL due to creosote......lots of this is laziness to fix what the real problems are. I grew up in Somerville, attended all of my school years there and graduated from A & M in 1974 and I don't have any of these problems. I have said these same things to Charles Camarillo and he just blew me off. He is a good man and I really believe he has the best of everything in his heart for our schools. However, he let's too much dictation from others over rule some of his decisions which using his OWN judgement might have been a better choice. I taught there for 8 years........I saw the "hiding of descrepencies" for many years. I resigned April 5, 07, due to medical problems. A knee replacement. I seriously doubt that the tie plant did that to me, but falling through rotten floors at school helped that along. Of course, that school has it's problems, and since I've said that, TEACH OUR CHILDREN, stop the ONLY teaching to TAKS. We had graduates allowed to walk @ graduation who did not pass TAKS and still aren't legally graduated. Some couldn't even read!!!! Yes, Somerville has problems, as do all little towns, but it's not ALL the fault of the "tie plant". Come on folks, use your noggins.......think of how many died BEFORE these law suite, money hungry people who are or have been involved in several lawsuits before for their own monitary gains which were in all probability were caused by smoking, heavy drinking, lot's of drugs. You know who you are. Shame on you!

I must comment in favor of Mr. Camarillo, tho' he and I disagreed on many issues, he walked into an already messed up school district needing MAJOR work! I honestly feel that tho' the previous article is totally true, as one who is there regularly, this school was in deep poo poo long before Mr. Camarillo came here. He's trying to clean up the messes of his predcessors and that, folks, was a HUGE undertaking. Now I feel like he's trying, but he needs to be visible to ALL campus' and open minded about all issues, not just a select few. Good job Chuck.