COMMENTARY • CLASSIFIEDS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017
Positive growth occurs when we’re open to change
Change presents itself bringing the operations of
again as a pathway toward the community center under
a community vision, re- the umbrella of our Parks &
vitalizing downtown and Recreation Department.
Make no mistake; this
becoming more efficient at
managing the Hermiston decision is not about ‘clos-
Community and Confer- ing the community center,’
ence Center. One of the great frankly, it’s the exact op-
things that I often hear from posite. Operating the com-
people discussing Hermis- munity center through the
ton is, “you’re such
Parks & Recreation
Department will al-
a progressive, for-
low for increased
ward-looking com-
space for youth activ-
munity that doesn’t
ities, while still being
get hung-up on name
hierarchy or past ac-
available for commu-
nity events.
complishments. You
Two years ago,
just keep moving Drotzmann
the Chamber pro-
forward to make your
vided me with many
community better.”
We’ve been a successful, historical news clippings
growing community be- regarding the original fund-
cause we embrace change as raising drive for the com-
a way toward greater oppor- munity center in 1994. I
enjoyed reading about this
tunities.
More than 2,200 commu- great community fundrais-
nity members participated ing project spearheaded by
in the “Livable Hermiston” names we all still recog-
public outreach campaign to nize today, such as Bryan
gauge the community’s pri- Wolfe, Tim Mabry, and Ed
orities. Two of the top con- Brookshier. I was struck by
cepts were providing added an article in the Herald’s
youth and family activities special “Community Center
while revitalizing downtown Insert” on May 17, 1994,
through projects that will at- titled, “New center is big
business.” An excerpt from
tract visitors.
On Tuesday, the City the article reads, “both the
committee
Council used that clear com- (fundraising)
munity message to consider and the donors have gone to
HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
great pains to stress that this
is a community center, not a
convention center.”
Now as the city looks
to refocus the community
center back to its original
intent, we invite the Herm-
iston Chamber to build on
our longstanding positive
relationship of supporting
Hermiston business and
the needs of our commu-
nity.
The city is offering free
office space in a newly ren-
ovated portion of one of
our only historic buildings
downtown. If the Herm-
iston Chamber wishes, we
see significant long-term
opportunities to continue
supporting each other by
possibly contracting with
them to operate the historic
building as a visitor’s center
which will attract people
downtown and allow them
space to continue to support
Hermiston’s fantastic local
businesses.
I know change can be
unnerving at times, al-
though it helps to remember
that change and working
together is what has made
Hermiston the community
it is today.
I am writing in support of
the school bond which is to
be voted on, May 16, 2017 for
Hermiston. As a student that
has been through every level of
my education in the Hermiston
School District, I have seen and
experienced many problems
within the facilities. The ma-
jority of these problems will be
addressed with the passing of
the 2017 school bond.
I began my schooling at
Highland Hills Elementary
School in kindergarten. I re-
member my parents telling me
about their experiences at the
same elementary school, and
though it did not occur to me
then, Highland Hills was obvi-
ously aging. Providing enough
space for all the students was
a problem. There was more
than one space used as a class-
room that wasn’t intended to
be. These spaces had to trans-
form into rooms since the reg-
ular classrooms and modulars
were already at full capacity.
Highland Hills also does not
have a separate spot designat-
ed as a cafeteria so our gym
doubled as the lunch room.
As I have returned to HHES
many times since I graduated
from the fifth grade, I have
seen the mechanical, structur-
al, and safety issues that need
to be addressed.
DR. DAVID DROTZMANN
MAYOR OF HERMISTON
When I finished the fifth
grade, I moved to Sandstone
Middle School. There, for
three years, I formed friend-
ships, created bonds with the
teachers in Team Jefferson,
and struggled to close the
stall doors in the girls’ bath-
rooms because most of the
locks were broken. Along-
side my peers, I dealt with the
inconsistent heating and air
conditioning systems, which
seemed to be under mainte-
nance more often than not.
There were many times that
we felt sorry for the mainte-
nance crew who were con-
stantly fighting the same
problems over and over.
Finally, I made my way to
Hermiston High School and
am still seeing many of the
same problems that the school
faced when I was a fresh-
man. The most prominent
of these issues is the over-
crowding that is threatening
to get worse. Hermiston High
School was originally built to
accommodate fewer students
than we currently house. With
our school district projecting
to gain another 1,100 students
in the next seven years, it is
near impossible to add more
students to the classrooms,
hallways, and public spaces.
The three modulars recently
added are not built to last the
wear and tear of thousands
of students for very long
and they were placed over
parking spaces that were al-
ready dwindling in numbers.
More students and teachers
are being forced to park on
streets and in neighborhoods
surrounding the high school
because every space is taken
by the time they arrive. Traf-
fic within the parking lots is
a safety risk because there is
a lack of order and space for
cars to be able to enter and
exit. It is causing back-ups in
road traffic and cars parked
on the street make it unsafe
for drivers and pedestrians
who cannot see oncoming
cars. Lastly, we have count-
less issues with our electrical,
plumbing, and technology
systems. An extra thousand
students in our schools that
are getting enough wear as
they are will be a risk to our
education and safety.
Though my career as a stu-
dent in the Hermiston School
District will be ending in
the next two years and I will
soon become a taxpayer that
will share the expense, I urge
voters to vote “YES” on the
2017 School Bond.
REED MIDDLETON
JUNIOR, HERMISTON HIGH SCHOOL
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