I see from Friday's News-Press that students have returned to
Rosemont Middle School after a week off. I am glad the district has
checked everything out and the school is safe. What I don't
understand is why teachers needed the early morning on Thursday to
prepare, and students didn't arrive until 9 a.m. and then for an
assembly, not classes.
Of course, I went to school in the Glendale Unified School
District in a time long past, with teachers who prepared at home and
before regular school hours. Those teachers would have prepared
during the week that Rosemont was closed.
The students may have not "missed a beat," as Assistant Principal
Sowers said, but they missed a lot of class time. Starting on time
Thursday with classes would have helped make it up.
Eye on the ball (students) not the employee (teachers.)
LAWRENCE A. WIDDIS
Montrose
