To: Orange County School Board, school board member

WE NEED A NEW SCHOOL NOW!!

Use the 1/2 cent sales tax to rebuild our students at Union Park Elementary a new and better school.

Why is this important?

Our projected move in date of a new school being built is August 2018, but our students need it now! Our school is very old! We have the following problems that our STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, and PARENTS have to deal with on a daily bases: Parking lot/ dismissal area in need of repair and redesign, recurring pot holes, parking lot size not adequate, safety concerns with dismissal ( accidents on Dean road,45 mph speed limit and no school yellow light or zone indicator ), traffic back ups to 50 East Colonial, rocks and gravel from parking lot spread over side walk area, flooding issues in parking lot, Kindergarten building and PE area, A/C unit inconsistent temperatures. Temperature are below 60 degrees in some classroom,which is not good for our students health. Concrete walkways and inside flooring / carpeting are very old and need to be repaired or replaced. The common area bathrooms are in need of renovation. We do not have bathroom in or around the cafeteria . Overall our school is ugly and we are losing students and funding. Instead of putting a band aid on UPE by doing repairs, we demand a new school! Schools that were built after UPE are being rebuilt before us.

DON'T YOU THINK OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF DESERVE A BETTER PLACE TO LEARN!!!!