‘It’s Hatred’
To the editor:
Re “School Committee Did Not Know About Bullying Scandal,” March 9, page A8:
A student is bullied and harassed because of her religion, and the school administration’s response is “diversity training”? Anti-Semitism is not a diversity issue. It’s hatred.
The Nauset schools already have a policy on how to deal with bullying. Teachers don’t need a revised policy to tell them that they should intervene and stop what was happening to one of their students.
Diversity in hiring is good, but it has absolutely nothing to do with what happened to that young girl in our high school.
Morton Inger
Wellfleet
Restoring the Marshes
To the editor:
Re Ronald A. Gabel’s March 9 op-ed, “Herring River Project Involves Losses and Risks” [page A3]:
Although the Herring River project in Wellfleet and Truro and the Long Point Dike project in Provincetown have in common the planned restoration of tidal flushing of a marsh obstructed by a manmade barrier, they have some important differences.
If the Long Point Dike project is approved after a feasibility study, it will be a fraction of the size of the Herring River project, will not alter salinity, will not flood previously dry areas, and will not result in die-off necessitating workers with chain saws, mowers, and mulchers. The entire effort will be to curtail the rapid die-off in the West End Moors that is happening now.
Provincetown voters should note that the item about the Long Point Dike project in Article 9, the Capital Improvement Plan, on the April 3 town meeting warrant is solely to fund the completion of the feasibility study of 2016 by the Army Corps of Engineers. It is not a vote to open up the Long Point Dike. The study is for the express purpose of discovering potential consequences of opening the dike to restore tidal flushing of the marsh. It will be our best effort to anticipate any “unintended consequences.”
Let’s allow the scientists to do their work. The whole purpose of the project is to repair, as best we can and taking as much care as we can, the damaging actual unintended consequences brought about by the construction of the dike in the first place.
I hope voters will support this feasibility study. It is an essential step in our taking responsibility for the health of our environment. Anyone wanting more information and to see images of what is happening in the marsh can visit friendsofthemoors.com.
Carey Morning
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Tough Stuff
To the editor:
I read your letter from the editor of March 9 and your announcement that the Independent has a new public editor, and I was touched by your description of what happens when people don’t like your stories because they address tough subjects.
Congrats. That means you are doing a good job. Please keep covering the tough stuff. We need you to do that.
R.J. Bardsley
Provincetown
