LETTERS; 2 NEBRASKA SCHOOLS COST $100 MILLION

To the editor:

I just finished reading about the cost of the proposed new high school in Cape Girardeau.

Yes, the estimate for constructing it seems high, but that must be the going rate now. I am a Jackson native and now live in Lincoln, Neb. Two new high schools are being built due to tremendous growth. The estimated cost? $100 million.

A vote was passed to increase property taxes to contribute to this cost. Part of the explanation for these high costs was to build high-tech facilities which are structurally sound. And we don't even have to worry about quakes up here.

The bottom line is to save as much money as possible, but the importance of education is hard to overlook.

KEVIN GORHAM

Lincoln, Neb.