Question

Selection 1: Is the Jedsun Park Band Shell the Right Choice? What claim does the writer make in selection 2, and which quotation most directly expresses or supports that claim?
Choose the correct answer
1. Claim: Renovations for public recreational facilities should be funded in the upcoming year.
Support: For years, the biggest opponents to reinvesting in our recreational facilities have steamrollered over pleas for help by claiming that other needs are more pressing. (paragraph 2)
2. Claim: Renovations for recreational facilities should be prioritized over spending on children's education.
Support: However, even champions of education spending must admit that a large percentage of our current education budget is wasted on maintaining vacant buildings. (paragraph 2
3. Claim: Renovations for public recreational facilities should be funded in the upcoming year.
Support: What critics fail to see is that renovating our public recreational facilities is not just a "wish-list" item—instead, it is vital to the preservation of our town. (paragraph 3)
4. Claim: Renovations for recreational facilities should be prioritized over spending on children's education.
Support: These facilities are at the heart of our community and its ability to regenerate itself. (paragraph 3)

Answer 1

3. The claim is that renovations for public recreational facilities should be funded in the upcoming year, and the quotation that most directly supports it is: "What critics fail to see is that renovating our public recreational facilities is not just a 'wish-list' item—instead, it is vital to the preservation of our town."