Community Corner

Letter to the Editor: Save Valley Road School

Former Valley Road School student wants to see the local landmark preserved.

To the Editor:

Valley Road School was a magical place for me growing up in Princeton in the 60's. We had caring loving teachers that were there for us. The respect for one another as well as the teachers was always given from the principal, to the teachers, to the students. The teachers would always be there to guide, nurture, and discipline you in anyway possible because you felt the care and love they had for you. I could name almost everyone of them because they had such a profound impact on my life. In the summer time the teachers and my father Bob Sinkler, even ran the playgrounds for us to have fun with them. I even became a director at Little brook playground when I came of age because of their love and dedication. The values and ethics we received from our teachers were the same as our parents and many adults of the era worked because we all believed that people worked together to keep our community safe and loving.

Valley Road's history needs to be preserved and passed down
to future generations. If you listen to the building you can still feel the
love and even some of the children's laughter of past generations. Our
future generations need to hear that because love and care is getting lost in technology. People seem to be last on the priority list, when they need to be first. Our society is crying out for love and we must answer the call. Our constitution states that when the people find that our direction has faltered then it is the responsibility of the people to answer the call. I truly feel many have answered and now is the time to act. Begin Now! Save Valley Road!

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Carol Sinkler

Trenton

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