Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

  In response to the two letters by Christina Boggess, who is a non-resident of our communities or school district.  My children and grandchildren received a great education through the Leyton School, and now my great-grands are receiving a great education at Leyton.

 I resent the ‘tearing down’ down of our communities and school system by anyone and especially by a non-resident.  I am proud of our communities and our school.  All Leyton patrons, parents, taxpayers, etc receive a monthly newsletter from the school which includes the minutes of the board meetings and itemized expenditures. If anyone has a question about anything at the school, those people have the right and duty to contact the Superintendent, Principal and/or School Board. The Board meetings are all open to the public. How many of those who seem to be doing the complaining and feeding Miss B have ever gone to a school board meeting or visited with any board members and/or the administration? I would believe, as is being shown by the Federal government, problems are not resolved by letters to the newspaper or any other form of media communication, instead of going directly to the source.  I have had questions from time to time, but do not publish them in the newspaper, I go to the school board members and/or the administration. In some instances, I have called the State Ed Department in Lincoln.

  Christina refers to outrage and indignation of some. Change is always hard to accept, reassignment of duties is hard to accept. In my 50 years of employment with the State, having worked under 13 different Governors, jobs, duties, work assignments, ways to do your job, office location, etc constantly changed causing concern. Talk to anyone who worked at Cabela’s and see all the changes they went through.  Change is a way of life, whether you accept it or not.  None of us need non-residents interfering with our education system. The door at the Leyton Schools is always accessible to any patron wishing to discuss anything having to do with the school and its operations. The expense of updating our school buildings has added up, however, that is what happens if things are not kept up from year to year.  

  Stop trying to destroy our communities and school. Is it the goal of those creating the problem, to close our school? Certainly makes one wonder about the motive.  Guess we could save lots on property tax if we just turned the school over for the parents and students to run, then we wouldn’t have the expense of a school board,  administration or teachers.