Letter to the editor

Dear Editor,

The August 15 issue of the Pine Bluffs Post contained an article on the school board meeting of August 12 in Burns. In that article, the writer stated that the conversation regarding the English/Language Arts curriculum “centered around vocabulary and setting expectations too high for some students.”

I agree that there was considerable discussion about vocabulary, but no one on the board even implied that we in Laramie 2 are setting expectations too high. Such a statement suggests to most readers that the board is in favor of “dumbing down” the curriculum. This is NOT the case and...