The Manhasset Student Senate supports the bond proposal and urges residents to vote yes. If successful, the bond vote will allow students to enjoy renovated science classrooms, bigger music and art rooms, and less crowded eating areas. Besides additional infrastructural improvements at all three schools, the bond will also allow for the renovation of Memorial Field, which will benefit the Manhasset community as a whole.
As students at Manhasset, we have experienced limitations and many hardships due to space constraints. Many of us are heavily involved in the music department, and we frequently feel uncomfortable because of the physical limitations of the band, chorus, and orchestra rooms. Our teachers spend a great deal of class time positioning musicians in a way that is safe and comfortable for the entire group. Instrument storage is inefficient, and bowing accidents (in the case of orchestra) are common. Chorus students often have to stand outside of the chorus room when practicing because the room is too small. In addition, all three music rooms have poor acoustics, which is detrimental to the development of young musicians.
Art students feel the same way about the space constraints in the art classrooms. Students in the AP art class cannot comfortably create their portraits because there is often not enough room for the models to be displayed. The art rooms are crowded and hot, and it’s very difficult for students to move around freely and fluidly. In terms of the science classrooms, experiments often cannot be properly performed due to space constraints. The fluidity of movement between lab tables is hindered, and students in the back of the classrooms are often pushed up against the lab tables and have trouble hearing the teacher.
The Manhasset Student Senate has been discussing the bond issue at all of its meetings, and the student representatives have been disseminating information about it throughout the entire Manhasset student body. The Student Senate hopes to engage the entire community in promoting the bond for the sake of the wellbeing of Manhasset students. We as students feel that it is important to share our hopes and concerns with the Manhasset community, for this is a cause we all deeply care about. We strive for excellence, and excellence comes with communication, support, and communal effort.
We would like to invite all school and community members to vote for the School Bond, which will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd, from 6:30 am to 10 pm in the High School Gym. We hope you will support us in our effort to make our school a better place.
Kristina Rubertone
Griffin Hyde
Jack Kern
Ariadne Katsifas
Lauren Merola
Jerry Yang
Cathy Hu
Elizabeth Boyle
Alec Wadhwani
Carter Paterson
Nicole Kiprilov
Sophia Miradoli
Kevin Sadhu
Lindsay Rule
Michelle Miller
Richard Lombard
Jeffrey McNeary
Noel Lau
Jack Eletto
Gabrielle Albanese
Caroline O’Connor
Andrew Jacono
Chryssie Michael
Brook DiGia
Alyssa Sanders
Alex Schwartz
Cale Clinton
Paige Mantikas
Lexi Ridini
Calvin He
Arihant Jain
Sabrina Sayed
Amy Park
Joe Meyer
Brian Bock
