To the editor:

I am a student at LAHS, and to most of you, I mean nothing. This is very hard for me to accept. I’ve spent my whole life listening to the public say to me and my peers, “You are the future!” like I should be excited to hold the world on my shoulders. Before I came to Alternative, I could barely hold myself up. I’m not ready to step out into the world on my own, but what junior in high school is?

Forgive me for not understanding why going to a school that will help me achieve suddenly puts me in a category of students who aren’t good enough to have a new school and better facilities. Those of you who are not willing to support us should be ashamed of yourselves. I’ve never felt so stupid in my whole life than when I was reading those negative articles about not just me but my whole school. I am not stupid. I’ve spent the last several days trying to think of words to write that would prove you wrong. Then I realized I can’t because I’ll never be good enough no matter how hard I try. Not to any of you.

I’ve never had one of my teachers tell me I’m not good enough, especially not at LAHS. The fact that others may not understand what the alternative program is here for does not mean we should suffer. LAHS students deserve the same chance as any other student in Lawrence.

Holly Charlton,

Lawrence