Common sense at last - in response to Robert Cheff's comments on the issues surrounding the middle school. Our Board of Education should be looking further down the road and being a little more fiscally responsible for the taxpayers' money. The children are important, but the taxpayers are the ones who can make it happen for our children. This bickering and picking on one another needs to stop so the energy wasted on taking cheap shots at each other can be put to better use. Breza Road is not the solution. It is another problem on the horizon that is going to set this community back another five years. By that time, we not only will need a middle school, we will need additional space at the elementary school. Stop and take a breather. Look forward. Regionalization is the answer. It makes sense. We have the improvements at the high school to make that a great middle school. The elementary school can remain an elementary school, offering plenty of space for growth in the future. Then we can join forces with Millstone and Roosevelt to build a state-of-the-art high school that will take this community and future generations forward. Why waste not only valuable land but time? This would be Smart Growth. If the children are your primary focus, then show our children that we can work together to accomplish great things for both them and the community we live in. This is a great place to live and a great school district to send your children to. Let's work together to keep it that way.

Denise Erb

Allentown