SCHOOLS ARE CHEATED

The fact that the state budget has more money for prison construction
than for schools is so outrageous that it is incomprehensible. Where
would these legislators be now if they had to suffer the school
system we have in place?

When I moved to Hollywood from Cleveland in 1959, the PTA at West
Hollywood Elementary said that every teacher at that school had a
master's degree. Now we are lucky if we can attract teachers right
out of college. A good education gives a child a better chance to
succeed and keeps them from breaking the law, which results in the
need for fewer prisons.

HARRIET FIERING, Davie