Editor, Gazette-Journal:

With all of the serious budget issues Gloucester County and the school board have to deal with I think maybe sometimes the fabulous successes of the school system get missed. While the school board and board of supervisors may spar over the size of a gym in a new school, they have not lost sight of what is important.

A group of students at GHS have an opportunity to travel to California for a robotics team world championship and the school board enthusiastically backed these students. The public may not know it but students at GHS are a powerhouse in Virginia in the area of robotics. Our students are being educated and prepared for technology jobs with leading industries through-out the world. Regional industries are taking note of where quality STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) graduates are being produced.

Don’t let the publicity that skirmishes over construction details mislead you about what is important in Gloucester County sch...