Dave Kacena wrote:
Dave,
Nice article in this morning’s Press Citizen about Ed Barker donating $270,000 to West High earmarked for new soccer field. That was the amount that he earned while principle at West.
We talked to Ed, and he wanted to clarify what was printed in the article:
“In the event yesterday at West High I stressed that Iowa City has three wonderful high schools, Tate, City High and West High. I didn’t want to downgrade either of those schools ….”
“Tate High School is the school that developed from a program we started at West which at first was called Room 20. It was for students who had a hard time fitting into a regular high school program. It then developed into a separate high school called the Community Experimental Educational Center (CCEC). A few years a go a new building was constructed and the school was renamed Tate.”
Ed, thanks for giving us what the broadcaster Paul Harvey would have called “The Rest of the Story.”