Indian Prairie mum on potential sites

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rew said:

I would be willing to pay more for the HS to be located at BB.

I'd be willing to pay whatever it takes to get it built properly, wherever it's located... regardless if I like the location or not.

[wvhsparent]

rew said:

I would be willing to pay more for the HS to be located at BB.

archwinsome said:

Honestly, I just wish they would have made the decision the same day as the verdict and broke ground.

"Fine, that's the price..."

*PLUNK* Move on.... 2009 here we come.

I am glad that the 2 of you are willing to this. I am not.

I do not know how the majority of the district feels on this, But given the direction the SB took leads me to believe it's the latter.

[momof3]

wvhsparent said:

rew said:

I would be willing to pay more for the HS to be located at BB.

archwinsome said:

Honestly, I just wish they would have made the decision the same day as the verdict and broke ground.

"Fine, that's the price..."

*PLUNK* Move on.... 2009 here we come.

I am glad that the 2 of you are willing to this. I am not.

I do not know how the majority of the district feels on this, But given the direction the SB took leads me to believe it's the latter.

SB did not ask and therefore does not know how most voters would feel about paying more. They decided with no input that, right or wrong, paying more for the right school at the right location is absolutely not an option.

The community had a choice in the matter for NV. The community voted yes, we will pay more.

Will we look back on MV in 10 or 15 years and regret it? Who knows. Do current NV folks regret the decision to pay more? I don't think so.

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momof3 said:

Do current NV folks regret the decision to pay more? I don't think so.

Well said.

It's what was needed and it's a great school. That's the important part.

[doctorwho]

archwinsome said:

momof3 said:

Do current NV folks regret the decision to pay more? I don't think so.

Well said.

It's what was needed and it's a great school. That's the important part.

I have never regretted for a day the cost of NV - and I have never been in that attendance area in my 18 years here. I do believe we absolutely are going to rue the day we did not spend the money at BB-

[doctorwho]

wvhsparent said:

rew said:

I would be willing to pay more for the HS to be located at BB.

archwinsome said:

Honestly, I just wish they would have made the decision the same day as the verdict and broke ground.

"Fine, that's the price..."

*PLUNK* Move on.... 2009 here we come.

I am glad that the 2 of you are willing to this. I am not.

I do not know how the majority of the district feels on this, But given the direction the SB took leads me to believe it's the latter.

but to be fair the odds are the new school will be in your back yard - so why would you be willing to - you come up aces this way ?
Not blaming you - but facts are leaning that way.

[harry]

archwinsome said:

momof3 said:

Do current NV folks regret the decision to pay more? I don't think so.

Well said.

It's what was needed and it's a great school. That's the important part.

It was needed

It was also built ostentaciously and with the attitude of 'look at us, we are great' instead of building good bricks and mortar and using future bonds to fund needed programs in D 204

upper class wannabes always but always show off

[harry]

doctorwho said:

archwinsome said:

Well said.

It's what was needed and it's a great school. That's the important part.

I have never regretted for a day the cost of NV - and I have never been in that attendance area in my 18 years here. I do believe we absolutely are going to rue the day we did not spend the money at BB-

why?? Can you enumerate for us??

[wvhsparent]

doctorwho said:

wvhsparent said:

I am glad that the 2 of you are willing to this. I am not.

I do not know how the majority of the district feels on this, But given the direction the SB took leads me to believe it's the latter.

but to be fair the odds are the new school will be in your back yard - so why would you be willing to - you come up aces this way ?
Not blaming you - but facts are leaning that way.

I am just responding to the people who are willing to open up their wallets and pay more. My Wallet is pretty thin right now
I DO support the 3rd HS at the given cost, wherever it is placed.

I would be happy if it is North, of course, but that does not mean I am willing to pay more. Those are 2 different things.

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harry said:

It was needed

It was also built ostentaciously and with the attitude of 'look at us, we are great' instead of building good bricks and mortar and using future bonds to fund needed programs in D 204

upper class wannabes always but always show off

Are you referring to the architect of the place or the current student population?

[doctorwho]

harry said:

doctorwho said:

I have never regretted for a day the cost of NV - and I have never been in that attendance area in my 18 years here. I do believe we absolutely are going to rue the day we did not spend the money at BB-

why?? Can you enumerate for us??

1/ because all the other sites come with built in issues that disqualified them the first time around - I don't much like the risk from any of them
( and please stop with the kids eat crappy diets comparison - 1st not all do and secondlt that risk IS avoidable.
2/ because I believe that the a northern site is a poor choice because of the lack of students to fill it there - yet will likely come cheaper than other sites
-- the decisions to force people to either double their travel distances and time - or split ES's to force fit this - will cause even futher divisions in the district than exist today
-- a central site is closer to where the students in this district area - that point is fact.
-- I don't like any site at the fringe of the district - but some make slightly more sense than others
3/ areas hosed by such a choice - as has been shown by posters from any area who feels they really are getting the short end of the stick - potentially are future voting issues for other things needed in this district - not saying that will happen - but listen around
4/ By the time we pay to expedite the school ( which likely will happen )- and re configure - and put on a site not inspected - all there additional costs - both planned and unplanned will equal what ? What will the savings really be? No one is going to give away their land after the jury verdict.

Now if you're asking me why I do not feel negtively about NV the way you and some others do:

1. if one does the math - and people here have - the cost for that school in todays dollars is less than MV will cost - and we needed the school badly at the time -
2. I am not this ' rich wannabe' that you keep referencing, I know my roots well - I grew up poor, and am far from wealthy today, nor will I ever be -- but I also learned growing up not to be a jealous person. The school is nice - very nice - so what ?
so is city hall - so is the new police station - so is the carillon ..so is the Riverwalk...does that make these places bad ? Having grown up where we had nothing like that to look at or have for facilities - just poverty and crime - I can tell you which is a better environment first hand.