Letter: Teachers forced to set example

Friday, Dec. 14, 2001 | 3:51 a.m.

I would like to commend Schools Superintendent Carlos Garcia for his initiative to ban smoking at schools because it "just doesn't set a good example for students."

He is on the right track -- and I am awaiting his further initiatives.

I assume that the next step will be to prohibit school employees from drinking or gambling. What kind of example does it set when a student sees a teacher or other school employee exiting a bar or playing blackjack at the neighborhood grocery store?

In light of the recent news that "Kids are getting fatter at alarming rate" (Dec. 12 edition of the Sun), I assume he will institute a rule that no school employee can be overweight, as what kind of example does that set for the students? (Oops, based on the photographs I have seen, that might mean that we need a new superintendent.)

DOROTHY WAGNER

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