Letter: School police’s plea was callous

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Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004 | 9:35 a.m.

It was tragic that 16-year-old Shadow Ridge High student, Adasha Edison, fell to her death while car surfing. Such is the case when young people sometimes make a poor judgment and pay for it with their life.

But more so, I am appalled and outraged that the head of the school district police officers' union, Paul Gervasi, would use this tragedy as a political agenda for increasing his budget to further line his pockets. School safety is an important matter, but putting school police at every corner will not produce that safety. Somewhere children, and especially teenagers, have to take personal responsibility for their behavior and decisions, whether they are on school property or not.

Such demands by Gervasi show a lack of respect for Adasha's grieving family and a callous attempt to turn a tragic accident into a union opportunity. Just another example of how much our school officials think of our children as pawns.

GLENN E. NELSON