RELOCATE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION STATION AT STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL

If and when STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL is redesigned and renovated, I suggest that to bring this school into the 21st Century, that the present COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION STATION be housed and set up in the HIGH SCHOOL & RUN BY THE STUDENTS UNDER AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and learn all the facets of television filming, editing, production, broadcast, etc. as a LEARNING SITUATION and that the present equipment now housed in a Technical School be transferred to STEVENS and that the CITY OF CLAREMONT RELEASE THE FUNDS NOW BEING COLLECTED FROM COMCAST FOR THE STATION GO TO THE STATION WHICH WOULD COVER OPERATING COSTS OF THIS AT THE SCHOOL,ETC. The city now retains a portion(undisclosed to taxpayers and cable tv subscribers for the most part) for the city and then give a certain portion to the station. This sort of program being suggested here for the school is not different from other programs that include various real life environments and places for such, such as, shop, auto, business, etc. curricula once found in many schools and cities,

THE CONTINUED ATTEMPT TO RENOVATE STEVENS

Several attempts to renovate Stevens High School have been seen in the past several years, motivated by different groups with different approached and numerous arguments and debates, but which boil down to the economy of Claremont and what taxpayers who own property in the town can afford and tolerate on top of what other agencies, departments, and issues of the town need financing by taxes from local residents,etc.   The state and federal governments tend to mandate things to be done, at little or no financial backing of funding, and the city as well has its own agenda. All of this tends to obscure the real issues and mask the underlying attempts to demolish Stevens High School and replace it in all manner of ways, none of which are guaranteed to bring the school into the 21st Century as many seem to demand, not realizing that most of the models they would put in place are no better than the one now existing, except in certain 'cosmetic' areas. In fact, most of the renovation plans will create many unforeseen consequences for the town, that is, for Claremont, the town that pretends to be a city........                                                                                      This discussion needs to be continued and expanded in the near future.                                                                                                                                                            

THE 2012 STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI PARADE

I was able to video and produce one video on this 2012 STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI DAY PARADE and to have it shown on CATV 8 which is in WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT, and can be seen on their website at CATV8.ORG and also accessed via VIMEO which is also there on the home page of CATV 8....CATV is also on FACEBOOK and can be accessed at CATV8/10 by typing in this address on FACEBOOK...I shall try to upload the parade video sometime in the future.... The CLAREMONT COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISON STATION which is at the CLAREMONT TECHNICAL CENTER next to the CLAREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL (CMS)on South Street, did their own TV project on the parade...I do not know what it shows or what was done...but in mine, I tried to get some interviews and comments and other things rather than a mere record of the parade going by,etc.