Why Vote on Tuesday?

[proschool]

At this point what is the hurry for the board to vote eight seven days after presenting the land proposal. There is plenty of time to educate the public with the facts, hold a public hearing and vote on the site after they have heard what everyone has to say.

[magneto]

So what do you call tonight? I call it a public hearing - with a possible vote afterwards

[jftb]

I think the SB is only having public comment because they have to, not because they're really interested in what we have to say. IMO they have already made up their mind, and did so BEFORE Dash released his report.

[d204mom]

Sadly, the impression is that the school board only wants to hear what we think before they need our vote. Board policy also states that the superintendent is to incorporate parental feedback on boundary decisions. I haven't heard of any parental input but have heard that boundaries are done.

[jwh]

Yes, the special meeting is to vote, with public comment being allowed. Not the intent of the meeting.

[Arch]

Regardless of the outcome, they can never say they were not warned or had no idea about the risks.

Thankfully, many things are documented in this regard. I just hope that documentation is never needed.

[plainfield204]

Gotta open in 2009...

[jftb]

They already have our money and say they no longer need that operating referendum. Our opinions are not necessary anymore.....they can do what they want. Think tonight is just a rubber stamp.

[refbasics]

Yes, they have $124.66 M of our money.. can they build a high school for that amount??

The REFERENDUM we voted on:

22. INDIAN PRAIRIE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT

NUMBER 204PROPOSITION TO ISSUE

$124,660,000.00 SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS Shall the

Board of Education of Indian Prairie Community Unit School

District Number 204, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, acquire

and improve a high school site, build and equip one new high

school building and issue the bonds of said School District to the

amount of $124,660,000.00 for the purpose of paying the costs

thereof?

[Arch]

Point of clarification on the referendum language:

We voted to authorize the sale of bonds for a certain amount and we voted that those proceeds only go to the 3rd high school (land, build and equip)

It did not set a MAX on the complete price of the school. It only set an amount of bonds to sell.

[d204mom]

refbasics said:

Yes, they have $124.66 M of our money.. can they build a high school for that amount??

The REFERENDUM we voted on:

22. INDIAN PRAIRIE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT

NUMBER 204PROPOSITION TO ISSUE

$124,660,000.00 SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS Shall the

Board of Education of Indian Prairie Community Unit School

District Number 204, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, acquire

and improve a high school site, build and equip one new high

school building and issue the bonds of said School District to the

amount of $124,660,000.00 for the purpose of paying the costs

thereof?

I had been thinking about this. If other school districts have issued bonds in the same manner that we did - getting an 8Mil kickback for worse interest rate - did their ref language read the same way? I'm not sure who made sure the ref language squared with the way the bonds were issued... if it's Whitt Law, we may be in some trouble.

[d204mom]

napermom said:

They already have our money and say they no longer need that operating referendum. Our opinions are not necessary anymore.....they can do what they want. Think tonight is just a rubber stamp.

Again, half the story is that we won't need an op ref in 2009. Other half is we will probably need the op ref in 2010.

I am really tired of only getting half the story.

Another example -

Half the story: The judge dismissed BB counter motion for damage to remainder and additional damages. Therefore we will only have to pay them 5M to walk away.

Other half - Judge dimissed BB counter motion because we haven't abandoned the property yet. BB can clean our clocks for the rest of the damages after we abandon.

[proschool]

Half the story. Cost of midigating wetlands not in price of land.

Half the story> not getting AME and getting Midwest Generation instead.

[Arch]

Buyer assumes all liability of any Enviro concerns, do they not?

[d204mom]

archwinsome said:

Buyer assumes all liability of any Enviro concerns, do they not?

Midwest Gen is "working towards" meeting environmental standards.

All you can ask is that they try their hardest, right? Wonder if that's in the contract - "Seller will try their very best to clean up the environmental hazards on the site."