Look at the big picture

As an American, I believe in America.

If you pay attention to the reality of what is happening on a

world-wide scale, you will see that many of our American young

people are being pushed out by foreign entities.

As a nation we have failed to see the

importance of staying on the cutting edge in education. There are

many out there working hard to change the tide and the way to do

that is by bringing in innovative programs and offer teaching and

learning strategies that prepare our children for their future and

the future of this nation. With an outdated building that fails to

allow those programs and strategies to be put in place, we fail

them.

 I am amazed at the challenges that our

young people have to face in such a diverse and technological

global economy. It is really hard to comprehend when you graduated

from high school in the 50’s or 60’s. We cannot fully comprehend

what they have to learn and how things are changing and evolving at

such lightning speed.

 As former owner of a number of

successful businesses, one of the tenets I have always subscribed

to is: “you have to spend money to make money”. This holds true

right now for Whitefish. If we want this community to thrive, we

need to take care of our young people and not send them out from

our little town in NW Montana ill equipped to compete with kids

that have graduated from bigger schools in bigger districts. Let’s

look at the big picture. These kids are the leaders of tomorrow.

Let’s be their champions of today.

— Rick Kratz