Letters June 24, 2010
Making it by Keith Robinson Valuing teachers Dear ER: Jan Stewart is a hero. It is a shame that she, like many other highly experienced and qualified educators are being thrown under the bus by our incompetent Hermosa Beach politicians in the name of fiscal restraint. Yet it’s funny that the city council continues to find money to throw at the Hermosa Beach police department, even though they’ve cost us millions in abuse lawsuits and two of their officers are now suing us. Education is what keeps our property values up, not cops, firemen or god-forbid, another liquor establishment. It’s time to invest in local education, even if that means we need to contract police and fire services with LA County. Thank you Jan for your almost five decades of service. You will be sorely missed! Locked Out Web site comment Moving on Dear ER, I am a teacher, and like Jan Steward, I believe in the children we teach. I share her sorrow. She shaped many lives and created memories that will forever help make this world a better one. There are no words that can ease her loss, are no hugs that can erase her pain. But she should never forget that the children she taught are for ever better. I wish her…
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