Classrooms need new carpets


Published on Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:56 PM AKDT

To the editor:

Ronald Reagan was president, Nintendo Entertainment Systems was released, “Back to the Future” was a hit movie and my child’s school was laying carpet. Fast forward to 2009 and all these categories have changed numerous times  but my child’s classroom carpet has remained.

Finger Lake Elementary has carpet that is 25 years old. My son was in first grade this past year and I noticed the floor condition while picking up after lunch — awful.

Children in the first grade still have accidents of all proportions. At least a few times a year a child will throw up and it lands on the floor along with food and drinks that the children have spilled. The carpet has absorbed all these items over and over again. The janitorial staff is wonderful, but they are not magicians. The stains on the carpets are here to stay. Thank about the daily story time and the students gathering on the rug — they are sitting in filth.

So when the school board is considering spending monies to buy 20 more acres for Academy Charter so they can park better, I believe the health of the children that attend Finger Lake Elementary takes precedence.

We need new carpet in every classroom.

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today,” Abraham Lincoln.

Kathleen Yerbich

Wasilla

Copyright © 2010 Frontiersman

Comments

4 comment(s)

    Kaye Saxon wrote on Jun 16, 2009 8:34 AM:

    " I totally concur with Kathleen on the conditions at Finger Lake. Our youngest of five children ended a 16 year run of our kids at Finger Lake. At no time during those 16 years have we seen new carpets. We must do a better job at maintaining our schools and watching out for the health of our kids and staff. "

    Larry Wood wrote on Jun 16, 2009 4:42 AM:

    " Why are the schools not maintained?
    The money is allocated yearly.
    The MSSD hands back to the Borough at least $1M at the end of every year.
    Ask your school board member and your borough assembly member why the money does not go to keeping the schools maintained? "

    More than carpet wrote on Jun 14, 2009 9:45 AM:

    " Finger Lake needs a very thorough inspection. Numerous staff members have had serious health problems in certain rooms, especially respiratory due most likely to mold. Maintanance comes through, looks around, says nothing is wrong. The teacher moves to a portable and the respiratory problem are gone. The next year is back in the building all all problems come back. Carpet is a good start but look further into mold in the walls/ceilings. "

    All Schools wrote on Jun 14, 2009 9:12 AM:

    " Not only Finger Lake! Tanaina, Big Lake, Iditarod, pretty much all the older elementary schools need help. Oh, and how about a road to the new school? What is going to happen on August 17 when students try to get to the school out in nowhere!
    Yes, the charter school can wait. "

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