Lavish executive suites are nothing new for Baltimore schools

Your article on the "elite" of the Baltimore City school system spending lavishly on their offices at headquarters is really not news ("As school facilities crumble, executive suites get remodeled," April 26). After spending decades as a teacher in BCPSS I watched as not only North Avenue did multiple renovations but as numerous regional offices followed suit.

Whenever a new principal arrived at my high school, he got a new paint job and new office furniture. The dance continues.

What does bother me is information technology chief Jerome Oberlton's statement that he "can't help move the system forward if I don't have good people." Where is he going with this? Is Baltimore some misbehaving charity case that good people won't come to unless we dress things up?

Roland Moskal