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I was a resident of Valley Stream for many years and an alumni of VS Central class of 1980. I feel compelled to let everyone know the most recent underhanded behavior of your elected school board officials. If you have been reading the Herald you are aware of the ongoing budget battles over cuts to several sport programs. One of those programs which is dear to my heart is the Rifle Team. Now I would prefer not to get into the political standpoints of gun control as everyone's will differ. But I feel everyone needs to know that the members of the rifle team, which has been a leading award winning team for many years over and the range which not only housed the team for the High School but also the Police Athletic League was closed without notice this evening.

I have just learned that the members of the PAL rifle team were present at Memorial Jr High School for their regularly scheduled practice and found all the locks changed by the school board without notice. There were no members of the what I will call the spineless school board on hand to explain the action but it was left to the schools janitor to deliver a note to the coach.

Is this the way that VS really wants to end the illustrious records of this award winning team? I cannot believe the audacity of the School Board who did not at least have the decency and respect towards the coaches and our children to be on hand to explain their actions but hide a school employee to deliver the final blow. They should be ashamed of themselves and I believe it's about time that VS elect themselves a new school board