I held my nose and voted for the bond because our kids need a new gym. What they don’t need is a gym designed for us by Integrus. Among that firm’s previous miscalculations — which brought grief to faculty members at the new Vashon High School: a library without adequate shelving for books and a foreign language program in which the dancing portion requires students to move downstairs to the lunchroom. It is, apparently, uncertain that the ceiling/floor will support such activity.

I still receive and read School Library Journal. Obama’s SKILLS Act sets aside money for school library programs, including books. Already, the Integrus’ model for the VHS library is outdated. Do we want this firm to impose their prejudices on a new gym?

— Peggy Kallsen

Editor’s Note: Integrus architect Brian Carter, the architect behind the high school, said that classes using movement to teach move to the ground floor because of noise concerns and as a courtesy to those in ground floor classrooms. The move has nothing to do with the structural integrity of the building.