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[doctorwho]

driven said:

admin said:

They won't tell you because if they say you stay it means Welch is going to Still with WE.

What about a "good faith estimate?" ;D We sure could use one.

I think if you get a SB member before or after one of the PTA meetings you may be able to get that, but let's face it, no ES has been guaranteed anything with regards to MS....and the scenario most likely is different ITRF or ITRP - I think they need to keep their options open -- and any general comment made is 'written in stone' by most of us who attend - that is no different in any attendance area.

Hill is in the middle of Brookdale - yet I don't think they have been guaranteed that either, although like TG and Scullen, it just makes a lot of sense.

[momthreekids]

When I said put Fry with Peterson I did not mean they would move us to that ES. I think they will put us at WV. I heard that preschool rumor too.

In regards to Scullen they got very uncomfortable with this question and I was surprised that they were not more prepared for that question. Leaves me with a lot of doubt.

[admin]

When I said put Fry with Peterson I did not mean they would move us to that ES. I think they will put us at WV.

Unless it is swap with another school, it can't happen and it would have to be a school as large as Fry coming out of WV.

[soxfan]

admin said:

When I said put Fry with Peterson I did not mean they would move us to that ES. I think they will put us at WV.

Unless it is swap with another school, it can't happen and it would have to be a school as large as Fry coming out of WV.

Topher,

isn't Peterson as large as Fry or at least pretty close?

those homes aren't selling. Don't they need to sell the homes to fill the schools?

[admin]

Let's clear this up.

Some at TG think that the SB will swap Peterson for TG when the Peterson area fills up?

[soxfan]

gumby said:

I think maybe the SB was smart in its decision, given the past reaction of TG to the present boundary decision. The SB may already be considering TG a lost cause. It is not an altogether unreasonable assumption.

Gumby,

Respectfully, I disagree. I think it's a huge mistake. Look at the amount of registered voters here. 2400 if I'm correct. That's a pretty big voting block to completely write off.

Perception here is pretty bad. Feelings toward the school board are bitter. Wouldn't it be worth it to try and mend them a bit instead of completely neglecting our vote?

I wish they'd reconsider.

[momthreekids]

That is my point exactly soxfan. This maybe a rumor, but I heard Thompson builders opted out of Ashwood Creek and is selling his model home. The SB is going to need this area to grow to get their numbers.

SB projections for this area are- 595 at Peterson, 260 at MS and 335 at the highschool level.

[soxfan]

admin said:

Let's clear this up.

Some at TG think that the SB will swap Peterson for TG when the Peterson area fills up?

I think it's more like to FILL the peterson area up.

How are those homes going to sell with them as an island? Didn't JC see cause for concern?

[admin]

TG shouldn't be consider a lost cause and I don't think the SB thinks that.

[warriorpride]

If anyone wants promises about the ES, MS and HS that your kids will go to from now until they graduate HS, they are not going to get it. The boundaries have changed a number of times around here over the last 10+ years. The boundaries are changed based on where the houses & the kids are located. The SB can guess at how things will look down the road, but the farther you get out into the future, the harder is is to be confident of your predictions.

Clearly the SB does not take boundary changes lightly, as that might be the most emotionally-charged topic that they need to handle, nor would they plan on changing the boundaries every year or two. But, in 5 or 6 years, as the new housing builds out, if the population concentration dictates, boundary changes are always a possibility. The boundaries can't come close to being considered "final" until the housing in the district is fully developed.

We've seen several people post on this board about how they went through boundary changes and their kids adapted without any problems.

Does anyone really think that a boundary change will be a life-changing event for them or their kids?

[refbasics]

forthekids said:

driven said:

Yes, the SB has met with other HOA on several occasions. High Meadow and White Eagle are just 2 that I am 100% sure of.

With at least a couple of meetings with White Eagle, one meeting having occurred AFTER the boundary decision. I believe there is even a summary of that meeting on this board

Your information is incorrect. The SB only met with the HOA once and it was before the boundary meetings. You may be confusing the PTSA meeting at White Eagle Elementary school with a HOA meeting. There was only one with the HOA.

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Is the meeting you were talking about referred to in the Community Advisory Committee meeting 8.25.05?

what was discussed at this meeting?

[a href="http://www.ipsd.org/Uploads/DEC1_08.25.05%20Meeting%20Notes[1].pdf"]http://www.ipsd.org/Uploads/DEC1_08.25.05%20Meeting%20Notes[1].pdf[/a]


Indian Prairie School District 204
Communications Advisory Committee
Meeting Notes for August 25, 2005
7:00 pm

Committee members in attendance: Anne Mathews, Janean Mileusnic, Michelle Davis, Gary
Theis, George Vickers, Gerald Bloodsaw, and Sharon Sugas.

Committee members absent: Margaret Laney, Radhika Bhandari, Susan Taylor-Demming.
Also in attendance: Bruce Glawe, Curt Bradshaw, Judy Hackett and Janet Buglio.

The meeting opened with Board members Bruce Glawe and Curt Bradshaw discussing the
committee's charge. The board asked the committee to develop recommendations and present the
final report to the board on October 24. The committee will give a progress update to the board at
its September 26 meeting. Bradshaw suggested the committee focus on a reasonable list of
actionable items. Gary Theis said the committee has already put in months of work and said it
would be understandable if anyone wanted to discontinue participation since they have gone past
their original deadline.

Bradshaw has been appointed as the chair of the Board's communications committee and will
now participate in the CAC's meetings. He presented the board's communications plan regarding
solving the space challenges in the district.

There was a discussion of the board and superintendent's meeting with White Eagle homeowners.
It was suggested that for future meetings the CAC members be allowed to attend. The White
Eagle meeting was open to homeowners only.

Reaching the community through homeowners' newsletters was discussed again. George Vickers
said his wife has talked to Jan Foster, the person who handles several of the large association
newsletters, to see if the district could include information. His wife works with Foster on the
Oakhurst newsletter. Vickers said the response has been limited or so far not receptive to
including the information.

Glawe also mentioned the board's desire for distributing more press releases, even if it was to get
the information out on 204 E-News. Anne Mathews asked if the board would be open to hiring
additional staff to manage an increase in communications work. Glawe said the board would be
open to that suggestion.
Members of the committee who did not see Dr. Senden's presentation stayed to watch a video of
his presentation.

The committee will meet again on September 1. There will be no meeting on September 8.

The CAC meeting concluded at approximately 10:15 pm.

[momthreekids]

Our concerns to the SB have not been addressed and there is a lot of mistrust of the board after the boundary meetings. Glawe protected WE they can walk to the new school. Why did he pass over option 5b? It would be harder to move Springbrook to WV. Fry will be an easy target to move and then Peterson can get its growth.

[driven]

admin said:

TG shouldn't be consider a lost cause and I don't think the SB thinks that.

I wish I had your optimism. After the Scullen meeting and the refusal to come to our HOA meeting it's feeling kinda' lonely over here.

It also does NOTHING to renew the confidence of a previously loyal community.

[admin]

How are those homes going to sell with them as an island? Didn't JC see cause for concern?

Number wise it can't happen. Using 2-5 graders w 0 students from Peterson WV is at 2657 and the new HS is at 2762.

They move Fry (568) to WV becasue Sector G fails then WV would be 3225 and the new HS would be 2194. Can't happen. Fry is a base school for the new HS

[forthekids]

momthreekids said:

That is my point exactly soxfan. This maybe a rumor, but I heard Thompson builders opted out of Ashwood Creek and is selling his model home. The SB is going to need this area to grow to get their numbers.

SB projections for this area are- 595 at Peterson, 260 at MS and 335 at the highschool level.

Given the past growth of this entire area (after all that's why we're in this situation to begin with), my feeling is that homes will start to build there rapidly IFTRP. I remember being told that when White Eagle homes became occupied, the SD didn't think there would be any ES age children. They figured the homes would be so high priced that only people with older kids could afford to live there. People had to call to find out where there ES kids were supposed to attend school and the district was unprepared and surprised. No one can make assumptions about an area selling or not based on home price. This entire area has many high priced homes with lots of kids. And I feel very comfortable that the whole area around 238th will fill up with no problems.