On March 18, senior and student council Vice President Michael Smith sent a message to all seniors via Facebook. Smith explained all the ways the class of 2010 had helped Everett, only to have promises of rewards broken. He finished the letter by asking administration to keep its promise of pizza parties for making Adequate Yearly Progress and winning last year’s college fair competition. Here is what Smith had to say:

Dear Administration & Counseling Department,

When we were freshmen, we had everything. We had open-campus, we had longer passing times, we had real pop and we had freedom. We understand that change is necessary, and we also understand that mistakes made on behalf of the minority will affect the majority. However, the mistakes were made by people who, more than likely, didn’t make it to where we are now. We are the graduating class of 2010. While we thank you for the numerous freedoms and privileges that have been snatched away from us, this is not what this letter is about.

We have helped the image of the school as we were the first class to hit AYP. We are aware of the importance of this success, but on the whole, we feel unrewarded. Hitting AYP, on an individual basis, means absolutely nothing to most of us, as it is not a requirement for our graduation. However, our hard work has benefitted the establishment that we will be leaving soon. This letter addresses promises that were made regarding our achieving certain levels of performance.

We have not caused a stir, even though it is one year later and the administration has failed to uphold their promises if we were successful. Prior to testing, the administration had promised us a pizza party if we had achieved the goals they set for us. We hit your goal, now where’s your end of the bargain?

At the beginning of the school year, the counseling department hosted a college night for the upperclassmen so they could get some information on the various colleges in the area. Also, they created a competition between the junior and senior class to see who could accumulate the most attendees. The winners would receive a pizza party. Of course, the seniors beat the juniors. The counseling department then changed the stipulations of the prize and exclaimed that they were to honor the efforts of both the juniors and seniors. The year is slowly coming to a close, especially for us seniors, and we have heard nothing of either pizza party!

We’re not asking you for much, but our hard work has gone completely without reward. We have remained quiet until now, but it is time we take a stand! We were promised two pizza parties, and we want both of them. Not one glorified pizza party, but a pizza party on behalf of the administration for our efforts in our testing last year, and one on behalf of our college fair competition from the counseling department (you can even include the juniors if you would like).

On Behalf Of The Senior Class, Michael Smith-Davenport

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