Gilman High School - Gilmanac Yearbook (Northeast Harbor, ME)

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CContinuedD To me it would be a mistake for the people of Mount Desert to delay in providing better school facilities for their boys and girls, especially after so much money,,time, and thought have already gone into the town project. Supporting the idea of the Regional School can mean nothing but delay and eventually failure, because there is not a sufficiently large number of people on the Island who think the plan a feasible one. PAUL RICHARDSON 'AQ

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CContinuedl A wider athletic program could also be carried out, including perhaps football, track, and even swimming, none of which are now available for either the North- east Harbor or Southwest Harbor schools. In mybelief a regional school on this Island would promote much better sportsmanship among the students and adults of the dif- ferent towns, develop a more ardent school spirit, and an increased desire to learn and take part in all activities. Even if it were possible to bring the curriculum of the small school to the standard of the area school, the expense for the individual towns would be much greater, also competition and challenge among a larger group of students is always helpful. The matter of transportation for the pupils of such a school is another big problem, but can be solved, I'm sure. The buses could pick up the high school students mtheway to the central school and carry the grade school pupils on the return trips. This interest in area schools started less than ten years ago inthe State of Maine. One area school has been organized already and another is about to open. Six other locations are invest- igating the possibility of such schools. H Letfs have our regional high school the next on the list. ELEANOR MERCHANT 'LQ CContinuedJ building of this size for such things as dances, meetings, and other public functions, not only forhigh school students, butfor grade school students and the alumni as well. In such a build- ing you could have indoor sports such as tennis, badminton, and others. It would be extremely unfair to expect the parents who have children in the grade schools to wait for a regional school when they can have the benefits of a new school in a few years. I think the educators are unfair when theytry to convince us that wecan have a regional school in the very near future. Another reason for favoring the Mount Desert High School is that the students are more closely associated with their teachers and fellow students. I don't think you will find the different cliques that you would in a larger school. In the sports department of a larger school there could be of- fered a larger choice to pick from, but can each child be given as much individual attention as inasmaller school? I think you would be taking away a great deal of responsibility and leadership from the boys and girls by com- bining the three schools into one team or one group. Why haven't the other three towns made any concrete statements concerning the regional school. Is it that they aren't interested? Why doesn't the Regional High School Committee find out if the different towns are financially able to borrow a sum of money sufficient to build a building proposed by the state educators?

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