Prop. BB School Repairs

Your Dec. 7 editorial, “Money’s There, Repairs Aren’t,” contending that Proposition BB progress is slow-paced, only describes the half of the glass that’s empty rather than the other half that is already full.

While some schoolchildren “dodge the rain pouring through leaky roofs,” students and staff members at over 40 schools will have brand-new roofs overhead when they return from the holiday break, thanks to the bond measure. With the State Allocation Board recently giving the green light to acquire land for a new high school in South Gate, one would be hard-pressed to say “plans for new schools creep along.” Finally, tell the 21 schools that have all of their classrooms air-conditioned about “sweat[ing] in classrooms with no air conditioners” and they’ll tell you a whole different story.

No one can argue more needs to be done in a shorter amount of time and schools whose roofs still leak and those without air conditioners are anxious for results. But to characterize nearly 2,000 projects completed or underway in eight months as a “snail’s pace” is simply not fair.

JULIE KORENSTEIN, Pres.

Los Angeles School Board