"Should school districts allow advertising on their facilities?"
(asked at Crossroads Shopping Center on 12-05-96; published in the EJ on 12-08-96)

Marc Niaufre, Group program manager, Issaquah


"I guess they already do in some of their sports facilities that the schools take part in. As far as regular advertising, I'd be opposed to it because there's already a lot of advertising in America and I don't think we need one more medium."

Jim Tompkins, Retail manager, Bellevue


"Absolutely. If Pepsi or some company is willing to spend their dollars to support the system, we can use those dollars. There's more than enough places to spend the money -- sports, academics, books. It's a good partnership."

Brandon Taggart, Sales associate, Maltby


"Doesn't bother me at all -- they use it to pay for things for the schools. It's just stuff like Pepsi -- it wouldn't be tobacco or stuff like that. I don't think kids really pay too much attention to that while in school anyway."

Tracy Sisk, Photographer, Everett


"No. I don't think they should because I think the kids get enough of that on TV. I understand that there is a need for money, but I think we need to carefully think about the way we raise that money."

Leah Lambert, Midwife, Redmond


"I guess my opinion would be that a Pepsi scoreboard for a high school seems a little high-tech -- do they really need that complicated a piece of machinery for a high school game? I think it all depends on what they're advertising -- nutritious things like milk would be okay."

Joy Shaw, LMP, Massage therapist, Redmond


"Yes, I think they should. Children are exposed to advertising watching TV, reading the paper, all over. And if it makes money for the schools, I don't think it's damaging to children to expose them. And the school districts could use the money."

© 1996 by the Bellevue, WA-based Eastside Journal (née Journal American) newspaper.

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