To the editor, Even though I think the career academy is a good idea I have some concerns. I see no reason for buying 80 acres of farmland. I think the proposed location is poor. Students will no longer be able to walk to school. There will be traffic and safety problems. Why not build at the present high school…
Read MoreDay: March 29, 2018
Letter to the editor – Jeffrey Melton
To the editor, I have seen so much of the “Our Kids, Our Future” that I had to say something. So forgive me for being long winded. But to those of you all out there that think a new school and a career academy will help to bring anything in, I’m sorry it won’t. The brainwashed youth of the town…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Laura Marshall
Letter to the editor, My name is Laura Marshall and my husband and I are lifelong residents of Greene County that farm near Paton. I graduated from East Greene in 2003. My picture used to hang on the wall with all of the other graduates of East Greene but has since come down with the closure of the Grand Junction…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Susan Sanders
To the editor: I am not a Greene County native, but after a move from NC five years ago, I have chosen to make Jefferson my home. I have a job that allows me to live anywhere in the state, but I chose Jefferson. I believe that this a community with an incredible opportunity to grow and become a vibrant…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Nick Morlan
Dear Greene County citizens, I would like to express my support for and encourage others to join in the “Our Kids, Our Future” campaign and bond issue being voted on April 3rd. Although I am not a current Greene County resident, I am a Greene County graduate with many family and friends still in the district and I have a…
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