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<p>This is a plea, not a request, for Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tony George, the city council, Luzerne County Manager David Pedri and the Luzerne County Council to intercede in saving Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>The demise of the city is at the threshold of a downward spiral that maybe difficult to stop. At the center of this debacle is the Wilkes-Barre Area School District&#8217;s dysfunctional board of education.</p><p>The county and city are experiencing serious debt as is the school district. The school district continues to find ways to deepen the debt. The saying &#8220;if you are in a hole, stop digging&#8221; applies to the school board.</p><p>The latest &#8220;non-plan&#8221; is to move all high schools or maybe just two high schools &#8212; the board has a ton of maybes &#8212; out of the city. </p><p>As the president of Save Our Schools, a homeowner and graduate of the city school system, I ask for the assistance of city and county governments.</p><p>I suggest that the city and county councils pass resolutions opposing the school district&#8217;s plan to move the high schools from the city, stating in a public meeting why it is bad idea. Both councils need to discus in a public meeting why they need to be involved or not.</p><p>In Pennsylvania five board members can place 80,000 people in a quarter of a billion dollar debt, and the 80,000 have no say.</p><p><strong>Richard A. Holodick</strong></p><p>President, Save Our Schools</p><p>Wilkes-Barre</p><style>
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