Renovations

Although I am usually one to disagree with any increase on taxes, I think in this situation it is beneficial for the school, and the community to go through with these renovations.  There is no doubt that Deerfield is an impressive school academically. It is in the top five in the state behind only Magnet schools.  The teachers obviously know what they are doing and things seem to be going well at Deerfield and Highland Park.  However, the facilities at Deerfield are weak.  The heating and air conditioning is from the stone age and it needs renovating.  Deerfield's athletic facilities are also pathetic.  To start off the PERC is tiny and the workout room next to it is somewhat empty.  The football field drains right onto the baseball field which cancelled some of our games last year.  Also the field house would be and important addition to the athletic facilities.  There are simply too many positives to these renovations.  If we hold out this year, then we would simply have to so the exact same thing 1,2 or 10 years from now.  We are all struggling with the economy but in order to bring more people into the town, our facilities need to be top notch just like our academics.