I recently returned to Jefferson county after fifteen years in Florida. I have observed as the controversy unfolds regarding the elimination of South Park High School. I married a very wonderful South Park alumni 39 years back. She is a woman of elegance, grace, and compassion. She's the type lady South Park generated in it's premier period. Too, I have great memories of the wars fought between PN-G (my alma mater) and the South Park Greenies. They were wars of athletic skill neither giving a quarter. But, both teams greatly respected the other. Neither would go down without a fight. That seems to be true of South Park today. We walked the building this past week. Yes, a trip of nostaligia. We rode the old South Park area and remembered the area in all it's glory. Does this really need elimination? Many inner cities are experiencing revitalization as gasoline and realty prices continue to escalate. You only have to look at the Houston inner circle to see this. Would it not be a true community spirit to help breath life back into the South Park area rather than tear it down? Could it be that some investment in a landmark school of such magnificent heritage is worthy to be saved? Would it not be a worthy endeavor to rekindle the Greenies and instill that area pride that has always been there and may just need an awakeing? I am not a structural engineer. Too my casual observer eyes the building appeared redeemable. To my casual observer eyes South Park itself looked redeemable. Why not consider the true cost of doing away with South Park vs the true cost that a focal point for community rejuvenation would help bring to the area? Once again, South Park may turn out beautiful young men and women that will help continue the spirit of the Greenies and help it spread? Thank you for your careful consideration of this very emotionally charged subject. And, thank South Park for my great wife Lynda Dianne Berryman.