Education: September 2007 Archives

BY MIKE CETERA

Why doesn't insurance pay? That's the first thing that came to mind when I read the coverage regarding East Aurora High School's damaged gym floor.

It could cost roughly $500,000 to replace the floor, which was damaged by rain water that seeped in sometime in June or July. The water damaged beyond repair more than three-quarters of the floor.

BY MIKE CETERA

The Sun-Times had piece over the weekend about high school -- and even middle school -- students ratcheting up the sexually suggestive moves during school-sponsored dances. The report calls the dance style juking.

Of course, this battle between school administrators and students has been fought before. Just last year, the Oswego School District banned "objectionable, sexual dancing."

BY DAVE PARRO

East Aurora School Board member Russell Pietrowiak issued a scathing indictment of the district and its residents while resigning his position Monday night.

Pietrowiak said he is moving out of town because the community has not made its schools and children a priority. "My family and I have chosen to move out of this district because we do not feel that this community supports education anywhere near the manner that we feel it should," he said. "Also, I do not want to partake in the dismantling of the East Aurora School district," which he blamed mostly on East Aurora residents who have been apathetic.

Read the full text of his comments here.