To Judy Ducayne: You have once again taken it upon yourself to bash good hard-working people who are doing their best to improve our community, by making false statements or half-truths at best about our school board and our athletic facilities. I find it terribly unprofessional for you to use your public forum to spread misinformation.

Last year you encouraged voters to vote down a tax increase that would have allowed us to repair, improve and update some of our athletic facilities. Facilities our forefathers took great pride in building many years ago, are now sorely in need of our attention. All we had to do was agree to pay a few extra dollars a month to ensure the state taxes we pay come back to our community. Eighty percent of the cost of those improvements would have been covered by the state. We said no, so our state tax dollars went to another district.

Are we going to be remembered as the generation who reaped the benefits of the generation before us and passed the buck to the next? Why can't we improve our academics and our athletics simultaneously? I for one believe they go hand in hand, as does music, dance, religion, etc. I watched our spring teams practicing in the high school parking lot because the fields were so muddy. The lacrosse team had to play a game in the parking lot!

You made reference to our football team winning the state championship. That team could not practice on its own field, but had to be bussed each day to playable fields in Syracuse.

Let's give the school board a little credit, they are trying to do what's best for the students and the community. Updating our facilities benefits the entire community. All it takes is a community that cares and a few extra dollars a month. We can't say no forever.

Steve Komanecky

Auburn