Cerritos College students and employees should go out and vote yes on Measure G this November.

Cerritos College has been renovating a number of different facilities for quite some time. The project that is the most noticeable is the gym that has been experiencing major renovation.

According to the Cerritos College website, in order for Cerritos College to continue meeting existing needs and growing demands for expanded educational opportunities for its communities, the Cerritos Community College District needs the communities support by voting yes on Measure G.

If Measure G passes, Norwalk, Calif. residents will be required to pay a maximum of $25 for every $100,000 of their home’s assessed value on top of their annual property tax bills.

This new income the school will receive from the measure will help Cerritos College finish what they started.

Cerritos College shouldn’t have taken on such a project, such as the gym, that required more funds than the school currently had.

It is understandable that the school wants to renovate outdated facilities as well as provide its students with a better educational experience, but if the funds were not there for such projects, they should have not taken on such a feat.

Yes, the Board of Trustees had good intentions when the idea of renovating the school first came into play, but sometimes good intentions can have bad outcomes.

For many students, their college is their home away from home. At the moment, their home away from home is experiencing major renovation that can potentially be a positive thing once it is completed, but until then, it will be an eye sore as well as an inconvenience since the contractor’s equipment is taking up much needed parking spaces.

If Measure G doesn’t pass, current and future students will have to deal with what the school has caused.

Some believe that the school has “bit-off more than they can chew” and need Measure G to help bail them out while others see Measure G as a “stepping stone” for a better and more modern school for its residents.

The fact of the matter is if Measure G doesn’t pass, current and future students will have to deal with outdated classroom buildings, and a number of unfinished projects.

Help Cerritos College provide a much improved, newly renovated, modern facilities to its students by voting yes on Measure G this November.

Yes, Norwalk, Calif. residents will be required to pay a maximum of $25 per $100,000 of their home’s assessed value on top of their property tax, but at least it is going to a great cause, which is providing future generations with better tools to build their career.