A list of schools that could be closed or replaced under a new bond program was supposed to accompany our story in Saturday's paper. Space was tight and the list got dropped. Click the jump to see the list.
Figures in parenthesis indicate the cost of 2002 bond renovations at the schools.
O.M. Roberts Elementary, 4919 E. Grand Ave., ($2.6 million)
John Q. Adams Elementary, 8239 Lake June Road, ($2.8 million)
Lanier Vanguard Academy, 1400 Walmsley Ave., ($3.1 million)
Tom Field Elementary, 2151 Royal Lane, ($3 million)
Burnet Elementary School, 3200 Kinkaid Drive, ($2.9 million)
Arlington Park Community Learning Center, ($1.1 million)
Billy Earl Dade Middle Learning Center, ($3.4 million)
Adamson High School, 201 E. Ninth St., ($9 million)
A coupe of caveats.
* Some of these buildings will live on with new lives as office buildings or homes to other programs.
* Much of the Adamson renovation consisted of a new wing of classrooms that will be incorporated into a new building to be built on the site.
* The number of schools to be closed/replaced depends entirely on how much money the board asks voters to approve. If they ask for a lot -- $2.7 billion -- all these schools would be closed/replaced. If they ask for less, fewer would. In any circumstance, Roberts, Dade and Adamson will make the cut. The rest depends on how big the construction budget is.
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Posted by cesar @ 1:03 PM Sat, Jan 26, 2008
Is it true that Board members are not willing to talk publicly about a decision that has already been made to turn Learning Centers into regular schools this next school year?
Posted by James Napper Jr. @ 12:41 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008
The Adamson renovation was sold in the 2002 bond program as 'HISTORICALLY SENSITIVE'. It is still listed on the district website as such. Now it is being called something else.
If this bond package fails, those 8 schools will continue to function as schools. Building replacement schools has no measurable impact on the lives of the approximately 20,000 students who had to put on their coats friday to go use the portable outhouse with indoor plumbing.
If this Bond had addressed the issue of getting the children indoors, out of portables, it would have unending support.
How about we take a survey of parents in the district. Something like this.
Dear Jack and Jill Taxpayer,
When your child goes back to school next year, would you rather have, he or she, attend class in,
A. An older, less attractive school building or
B. a portable classroom and use a portable outhouse with indoor plumbing.
Just wondering out loud.