Renovations

While I was scrolling through the power point, observing all the pictures it presented of newly built schools, I couldn't believe that's where students go to learn. Our high school looks nothing like these photos, and it's surprising to me because we're a Blue Ribbon school. Over the years I've noticed that many technological problems occur, the Internet system  is constantly down, or certain areas of the building are too old to function. How the district plans to execute their plan to rebuild both HPHS and DHS takes into a lot of consideration. In class,we discussed how the district thought of combining the two schools, and making it one big high school, such as New Trier or Stevenson. Hopefully, this idea is never actually used for the future of both schools. At sporting events, parents and students see the rage  both Highland Park and Deerfield students have towards one another. By doing so, this could be an equation for disaster among the students. I think that Deerfield would lose its credibility as a Blue Ribbon school because it wouldn't be called Deerfield High School. Scrolling past all the lovely, new, renovated schools, I came across the pictures of our school. Pipes and machines are gathering dust, and look as if they've been abandoned, and the athletic field is covered with water. I think that there comes a breaking point for all these issues because one day a pipe will burst or our school can barely host home games. There's no doubt that our school, and along with Highland Park, need these renovations. In the power point it says that they would like to install video surveillance at major corridors and entries. I think this is necessary because I had an item stolen of mine several weeks ago, and according to the deans, the video's were inconclusive. Then I asked myself, well these camera's are there for a reason, and it's not for them to be used as decoration. It baffles me that our school is highly respected academically, but if you were to look at our power facilities, it's like someone came in and switched all the wires. To see these pictures of what could potentially be a new Deerfield High School is exciting and if it can be achieved financially, it's a good way to improve the learning environment, and to look like a Blue Ribbon school.