Caitlin Coletti of the North Gwinnett High School “Black & Red” newspaper has weighed in on the economic crisis and its impact on the classroom. She takes the Gwinnett County Public Schools system to task for its decision to ration paper while, at the same time, spending hundreds of thousands on new carpeting.

“The hyprocrisy in our society is just another form of lying!” Caitlin writes.  “The students and the teachers are being jipped.”

By cutting back paper, the school is cutting back no more than $10,000, if that!  Realistically, what is another $10,000 to our school’s financial ruin?  In the world of credit, if you have a debt of more than $50,000, another $10,000 won’t hurt.  Do you see the hypocrisy?  More than $300,000 spent on carpet, then the school takes from our educators by not supplying them with necessities; this is punishing the students AND the teachers!  Ladies and gentlemen, the school says, “No more paper, less spending.”  And then they have new carpets put in!

Hypocrisy: New Carpets & Paper Cut-Backs : The Black and Red News of North Gwinnett

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