An Open Letter to the Emery Unified School District

An unsolicited letter from unidentified Emeryville residents:

An Open Letter to the Emery Unified School District
From Emeryville Residents

Future Site of the Emeryville Center for Community Life as Seen in April 2013

We would like to commend the Emery Unified School District for its effort to participate in the annual Waste Management Bulky Pick-up day. The above pictured pile of trash and toilets has been on the former Emery Secondary School site at the corner of 53rd Street and San Pablo Avenue for many weeks. We would note however, that Waste Management requires that items be place curbside, not behind a fenced area, and that may explain why the above pile of trash is still there. Additionally, Waste Management encourages individuals to place items out for pickup the evening before, not weeks in advance. Better luck next year!

 

Emery Secondary's Field

We are also impressed by the District's recent efforts to create nesting grounds for wild Canada Geese. While some might believe the large growths on the Secondary School's fields are overgrown weeds, we are sure these are part of a wildlife environment improvement effort, giving the Canada Geese much-needed cover, protecting them from predators. We disagree with those that feel the demolition process has fallen significantly behind schedule.  The District says they're on schedule and just because they're behind schedule doesn't mean they're behind schedule.  We disagree that Emeryville residents that want to use the field or the city's only public swimming pool should have been accommodated.  Why have water aerobics or teach Emeryville's youngest children to swim when we could create a nesting ground for geese instead?!  Bravo again to the School District for its foresight and planning.

If these are any indicator of what we can expect from the future Emeryville Center of Community Life, then we cannot wait to see what the District has in store for residents next!

Why have a community swimming pool when we
could have Canada geese instead?