pictures!! Over the weekend, we worked with Architecture for Humanity-St. Louis on the Lift for Life Academy greenhouse project. Again, it was my first time visiting a project Hitomi and DJ had been working on over the summer and I was impressed yet again. The LFL charter school serves St. Louis City kids and provides them with a middle school education (grades 6-8th) starting this fall, they will begin to offer 9th grade courses, adding another year of high school each year until 2011.
Anyway, this project is really cool because the greenhouse is designed to eventually be taken apart and repurposed when the Academy begins to expand its buildings. It's great that there is an organization in the city devoted to offering top-notch educational services to kids who cannot afford to buy a private school education. From what I've heard, the public education system in the city is not so great, so it's excellent that there is such an opportunity here for these kids. Of course, it would be great if there was more than just one LFL-style educational institution in the city or- better yet- if the public education system could get its act together and perhaps begin offering a meaningful and worthwhile education to the children of St. Louis. We cannot expect our cities to grow and flourish if we dont first focus on educating the people who will one day be voting, living, and working in those cities. It's irresponsible and idiotic for us to believe that we can get by without an adequate educational system.
dont you think?
Hugz,
Antonio
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