Draper makes sarcastic remarks to anti-school expansion crowd
Mar 14, 2003 Filed in: Draper,
Marlene
Trustee Draper made this sarcastic remark to rebut the crowd's vocal disapproval of the district's proposed expansion of Arroyo Vista School at the March 9, 2003 Board of Trustees meeting, where local residents made public comments unanimously opposing the district's expansion plans. The meeting was carefully controlled by district officials to avoid discussion of the actual issues of concern to residents (i.e., overbuilding on such a small school site, unsafe traffic and other impacts on the local community, increased usage of the adjacent community park, etc.). Public speakers were kept to one minute instead of the usual three minutes for remarks and were met with sharp reminders from officials that the evening's discussion was centered on K-8s in general, not Arroyo Vista in particular. Draper's comment was rebuffed with defiant applause from the Arroyo Vista crowd who opposed any change to their school, neighborhood and park.