It's not about

student success

As an active member of this community, I understand the value of a high-quality public education for our children. The so-called Student Success Act, which will be voted on by the House of Representatives, dismantles 45 years of policy committed to ensuring disadvantaged children are provided a high-quality education.

This bill does nothing to reduce the fixation on high-stakes testing and proposes a flawed system to evaluate teachers, undercutting support for the development and implementation of evaluation systems that are designed to support the continuous improvement of teaching and learning.

This bill undermines our nation's civil rights responsibilities to ensure all children have access to a high-quality education, regardless of their socio-economic background or where they live.

This bill undermines the accountability of state and federal governments to ensure education is adequately funded.

Randy Thornley Anthony

Parking needs to be

in youth center plan

In regard to the article in the 6/27 Sun-News, "School board OKs youth center plan," I would like to address a concern that was not mention in the article: student parking. There was no mention of where all the additional students at the proposed facility would put their cars while attending school. As it is now, the students park all up and down Court Street and Reymond Street, taking up a goodly portion of available parking spaces around Pioneer Women Park and the Women's Clubhouse. I'm just hoping that, as plans evolve for the expansion of schools at this location, the various schools/entities will remember to take into consideration this very serious issue.

Marilyn Aicardi

Las Cruces