In case you thought I had solved my little problem with TUSD and Sahuaro High School and the pedestrian access gate, you were wrong. I’ve hesitated to keep posting on this as it gets tedious, but I’m still pursuing the problem and have yet to reach a successful conclusion. I’m now communicating with the East District Administrator of the City’s Parks & Rec Department.
Here’s the email I sent today:
Hi
The gate is locked again this weekend. This looks to be a chronic ongoing problem - and unless someone is constantly complaining it will never get fixed.
This is not a new rule - this gate should have been unlocked during the proscribed hours all along. How difficult could this be? As I’ve explained to many others, I can get in even if the fence is locked, but what about younger kids and older folks. This is a public access issue and I don’t want to keep bringing it up. Kids will never start using these courts again unless they’re kept accessible on a regular basis as they are SUPPOSED to be. They’re not locked as often (it used to be every weekend) - but every other weekend or even every 4th weekend is still a problem.
I started pursuing this with the school and the school district over a year ago, in Nov 2005. I spent 8 months getting the runaround before I contacted the newspaper in June. Only then did I get any action. There was no problem for a long stretch, and then it started up again. Is the administration inept? Is there some serious communication problem? Why should a private citizen have to spend their time to keep the school from unfairly restricting public access to this area? I would think that 13 months later this issue would have been solved.
My wish is that I never need to bring this up again, and let all involved go back to more important work. Seems like it should be simple.
Sincerely,
Jim Miller
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