Blog Post 4

Dear Representative Marlene Anielski,

In my Education 100 class at John Carroll University, we are learning the basics of education. What we have been told is that since 1997, Ohio's system of school finance has been found to be unconstitutional and still has not been changed. In our class, we watched a video about how poor the school buildings are for the students. Some kids have to walk through puddles of water in the hallway, and others have foundation that is cracked. All schools are being affected by the lack of funding. Suburbs and urban schools are affected. I am an alumni of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School. Brecksville has the stereotype for being full of affluent people.  Brecksville recently got a new high school. You would think that the school would then have no problems. That is not the case. The school was built backwards, meaning the from of the school is now in the back. The school has mice and garden snakes in it. The school has orange water from rusty pipes. The school, back in November, had two floods in one week, but students had to stay in the school. During the floods, poop water was in the hallways, ceiling tiles were falling, and peoples lockers were ruined. People also had to walk outside in the rain to get to certain classes. All these problems are not even bad compared to the fact that the school is sinking. There is a gap in between the floor and the wall. There is also a crack in some of the walls that separates walls. Ohio needs to change their finances so that all schools are safer.
Thank you for your time,
Maddy McBride