Auburn school board needs to stay away from turf

Children go to school to learn. Sports and all other extra-curricular activities are an important part of the school experience but the emphasis should always be on academics. For every Greg Paulus, from Syracuse CBA, there are many thousands of students from multiple districts who won't get a sports scholarship to college, won't become a starting point guard for a Division I team, won't make millions playing football in the NFL.

The Auburn school district must concentrate its efforts to help the vast majority of students who need an opportunity to achieve academic excellence, get a higher education and develop careers.

Here's a great chance for Joseph Pabis, our new superintendent, to prove that, unlike his predecessor, he's more interested in education than fake grass. So this is my once-per-year school board alert for taxpayers that whenever the board doesn't get their way, they just keep putting through the same thing over and over until they win.