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Casey kid's words and photos go to the Legislature The class of Pam Geisselhardt at Col. Wiliam Casey Elementary School in Columbia worked with the Kentucky Youth Advocacy to send their pictures and dreams for a better Adair County to their representatives in Frankfort. The goal of the February 8th Kids' Day in Frankfort was to get leaders to ask themselves each time they cast a vote, "Is this good for Kentucky's kids?" In their own voices, here are the children's thoughtful requests of Rep. Russ Mobley and Sen. Vernnie McGaha. As you read their comments, you may want to match their name with the name under the photo to see the smiling face behind the words: Adam: I hope you will make a law about driving -- if somebody wrecks they cannot drive for one month. The reason I think this is because that will make them a more careful driver. I hope that you will fund the school after-school classes. Ally: Please put the age up to 20 to smoke. I would like it if you would not sell drugs. Ashley: Please keep schools from selling junk food. Put more money into after-school programs. The people it's poor, they need to live in houses. They need money. Ashtin: It would make me happy to take junk food away from schools because I don't want us kids to be fat. I also want you to raise the age for smoking to 25 and up so teenagers don't smoke. This is the last thing, put better food in schools so we can have more healthy food. Please help me out. Austin: Please put cameras in the city. I think bad people cannot through security. Put more money into the school for a field trip and chess. Blake: Please make people who litter pick up trash because it would help their environment. Put cameras around the water so they don't put oil in it. It will kill fish. Try to get school to sell healthy food snacks. Brea: I hope you will make selling cigarettes against the law cause my dad smokes. He will not quit smoking. I also would like for you to keep schools from selling junk food so when kids get older we will be healthy. Cameron: I wish you could make people that litter pick it up and I wish the school could get more money so they could have more books to read. DaShawn: Keep schools from selling junk food. Keep people from smoking. Keep people from selling drugs to other people. Desaray: Please try to build sidewalks school and have crossing guards so kids won't get hurt when they cross the roads. Please donate money for the school and the tsunami. Please make it against the law to sell cocaine and drugs and other bad stuff. Dusty: Will you please stop selling junk food at school because it is not healthy. Elisha: I would like for you to make people stop doing drugs. People die and it is sad for them. Please make the people who sell drugs stay in jail longer. Ethan: I would like it if you would pass a law saying schools must put more money into talent pool and other educational programs including STLP (student technology leadership program). I think that will help students achieve higher grades and goals. Heather: I need you to keep schools from selling junk food. Please more laws to stop people from giving drugs or alcohol to kids. Please make people who litter pick up trash. Katlin: I wish you could help make the schools have taller water fountains. Have the lunch ladies have butter in the lunch room. Kylan: I wish you would make a law that if there are people that are drunk they should pay a small fine. I don't like them doing that. Lucas: I need you to help the homeless. It will make me and them feel happy. Please. Makenzie: Well, you have a law to give cameras or alarms to put around their houses to hook up their TV so they can see or hear if someone is going to rob you. I pray that you will change peoples lifes. Robin: Please build sidewalks to school and have a crossing guard for the people who live close to the school. Get more books for the schools and more work for the kids in schools. Make people who litter pick up trash. Keep schools from selling junk food and put more money into after-school programs. Please make more laws to stop people selling drugs, and raise the age for smoking. Put cameras around the city so you can see the people that are doing bad things. Shelbi: I would like you to stop people from smoking because it's bad for you and people can die from it. The people that litter need to pick up trash. Tristin: Please give money for field trips because we cannot go on many field trips. The buses cost too much money. We can learn on field trips and they're fun. Ms. Pam Geisselhardt's class is made up of students ages 6-9. The children come to herout of kindergarten and stay until they are ready for 4th grade. She generally sends7 to 9 students on to 4th grade and then, at the beginning of the next year, gets aboutthe same number of first graders. Going by traditional grade levels, at the present time, the Geisselhardt Gang as sheproudly calls them, is made up of five first graders, ten second graders, and eightthird graders. They are a learning community. She says, "We all learn from each other. We have sevenstudents who have identified special needs. Nine of the children are membersof the Primary Talent Pool." E-mail this class at: PGeissel@Adair.k12.ky.us E-mail Rep. Russ Mobley at: russ.mobley@lrc.ky.gov E-mail Sen. Vernie McGaha at: vernie.mcgaha@lrc.ky.gov This story was posted on 2005-02-14 10:00:48
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