Does your kid's school have as many problems as Watchung? (Letter to the editor) - Montclair Local

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Parents, does your child(ren)’s school have a similar status as to our school, Watchung School: no library, no playground, and no heat in some classrooms (windows are open on account of HVAC issues)?

How did we get here with a mayor who is an “educator” and who ran for secretary of education, the fact that we’re a wealthy town, the fact we have a reputation of having “good schools” in a suburban town, and our many excellent and dedicated teachers?

Perhaps we as a town, from top to bottom, can start to improve our schools given, as they say in “Game of Thrones,” “winter is coming.”

Scott Keddy
Montclair

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