Re: “Labs Are Too Cramped, Robins Says” 

During the years that Sue Robins taught Middle School, her students never dreamed the contemporary businesswoman would change professions.

Or become a pillar of the School Board.

Does Ms. Robins miss the classroom?

“Periodically, I miss doing science with a group of students,” she acknowledged. “That was a delightful experience for me.”

Ms. Robins, however, was and is an ambitious person of vision. The classroom, while rewarding, was slightly confining. She needed to stretch out, reach out, wing-flex, explore ideas that had been bounding about in her crowded, curious mind since she was a young woman.

“I also enjoy operating at this level,” Ms. Robins said, “trying to find ways to enhance our programs, to expand our programs and to provide the right facilities.”

After previously observing that the science labs at the Middle School and Culver City High School are “outdated” and “cramped,” Ms. Robins was asked to characterize the desired upgrades.

“Many of them would be technological, which we can easily add,” she said. “That would be a high priority.

“Modern teaching requires a high level of connectivity and a high level of data transmission capability.

“We are kind of behind on some of those aspects,” Ms. Robins said.

(To be continued)