To the editor: For 17 years, I used to be the principal at Palisades Elementary Constitution Faculty. It was distinctive as a result of hard-working workers and the wonderful, responsive group that was such an integral element of our staff. I suppose I believed that Palisades Elementary Constitution Faculty and the Pacific Palisades group could be there endlessly, however life throws us many curves and challenges. (“Palisades, Pasadena schools suffer major damage amid closures; UCLA moves classes online,” Jan. 8)
Regardless that I’ve spent many hours in entrance of my tv, I merely can’t consider it’s all gone. That stunning faculty that was constructed within the Nineteen Twenties is gone. In one of many brief video clips that was despatched to me, you’ll be able to hear a father level out to his younger son as they drove by that his classroom was gone.
The Instances printed a photograph that shocked me however gave me hope. In the midst of the rubble stood a big play construction that was put in throughout my tenure on the faculty. It seemed to be untouched by the fireplace.
To me it represented hope — that in the future the Los Angeles Unified Faculty District will rebuild on the land, that kids will as soon as once more study within the lecture rooms, and that the group members will return to rebuild their particular little village.
Terri Arnold, Redondo Seashore
