Keep Lemont School as a School

To:  State College Area School District, Pennsylvania

We, residents of the State College Area School District of Pennsylvania, support keeping the Lemont Elementary School as a school as the best use of our district’s assets. Its solid construction should be intelligently and economically rehabilitated for a necessary and overdue updating. The Lemont School serves as an anchor for the Village of Lemont, a National Historic District that is valued and supported as a place of pride and cultural heritage. The updating of historic public school buildings has proven repeatedly across the nation to be less expensive, both in the short term and long term, than construction or renovation of newer structures with less impact on the environment. Smaller neighborhood schools reinforce real estate values that protect the tax base, promote physically healthier young citizens through opportunities for walking and biking, combat the student anonymity and isolation that breeds bullying, are more cost effective in administration over time, and provide nurturing characteristics that result in producing responsible, stable, and productive entrants to society.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Keep Lemont School as a School Petition to State College Area School District, Pennsylvania was created by Friends of Lemont School and written by Jodella K. Dyreson (lemontschool@verizon.net).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.