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Editor: Re: Speaking up merits praise, March 9 editorial. Thank you for your editorial in support of the Lord Tweedsmuir and Earl Marriott secondary students who spoke out against the proposed split-timetable issue.

Editor:

Re: Speaking up merits praise, March 9 editorial.

Thank you for your editorial in support of the Lord Tweedsmuir and Earl Marriott secondary students who spoke out against the proposed split-timetable issue.

As you said, they handled themselves beautifully and their actions were far more mature than those of many adults faced with the degradation of their work environment.

With regards to those like letter-writer L. Diczki (There must be a better way, March 9) who wish they would be quiet and let their elders figure out what is right for them, how sad that they can’t applaud the students for standing up for themselves in such a proactive way. They must be the ones who shrug in dismay but take no action.

Congratulations to the students for making your voices heard. You’ve done yourselves proud.

D. Houghton, Surrey

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Extending the school day most likely will only make the students’ academic achievements harder.

Extra curricular activities will diminish. Students that need to hold a part-time job may not be able to do so. Students who pick up younger siblings from elementary school – to cut costs for families paying daycare – will not be able to do this either. Who is going to care for these children when daycare centres get over crowded? And how will lower- and middle-class families pay for after-school care?

When I read in the Peace Arch News March 2 that Surrey is building a new city hall in North Surrey at a cost of $50 million, I shook my head.

Where are the government’s priorities? What about introducing junior high to the Surrey area?

 

A. Fletcher, White Rock