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Post by EagleDad on Sept 1, 2011 11:56:05 GMT -6
Just got this:
Dear White Eagle Parents,
As a follow-up to my phone call last night, I wanted to provide you with an update on the warm weather. In looking at the temperature forecasted for tonight and the continued high temperatures expected for tomorrow, a decision has been made to cancel classes at White Eagle on Friday, September 2. The YMCA’s Safe n’ Sound program has also been canceled for Friday. Classes are only being canceled in the district's 19 elementary schools that do not have air conditioning. All other schools in the district will operate as normal tomorrow.
School will dismiss at our regular time today. We have been continuously monitoring the temperature in the school today and have implemented our procedures for making our students comfortable. These include rotating students through air conditioned areas, moving all upstairs classes downstairs, taking frequent water breaks, and moving classes outside when appropriate.
To make sure all parents are aware that our school is closed on Friday, I'll also be sending this information in a Connect ED phone call later this afternoon.
Thank you.
Jon Vogel
Principal
White Eagle Elementary School
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Post by EagleDad on Sept 1, 2011 12:49:43 GMT -6
looks like it just went district-wide:
In looking at the temperature forecasted for tonight, and the continued high temperatures expected for tomorrow, district administrators have decided to cancel classes at the district's 19 non-air conditioned elementary schools on Friday, September 2. The YMCA's Safe n' Sound program in those schools has also been canceled for Friday. The warm temperatures experienced today, with little relief expected tonight, will not allow our buildings to sufficiently cool down in time to handle tomorrow's anticipated high temperatures. Classes are only being canceled in the district's 19 elementary schools that do not have air conditioning. All other schools in the district will operate as normal tomorrow. The elementary schools where classes will be canceled on Friday, September 2, include: Brookdale, Brooks, Builta, Clow, Cowlishaw, Fry, Georgetown, Gombert, Graham, Kendall, Longwood, McCarty, Patterson, Spring Brook, Steck, Watts, Welch, White Eagle, and Young. An FAQ on elementary school air conditioning is online at ipsdweb.ipsd.org/uploads/HighTemp/AirConditioningFAQ0611.pdf |
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 1, 2011 13:01:24 GMT -6
looks like it just went district-wide:
In looking at the temperature forecasted for tonight, and the continued high temperatures expected for tomorrow, district administrators have decided to cancel classes at the district's 19 non-air conditioned elementary schools on Friday, September 2. The YMCA's Safe n' Sound program in those schools has also been canceled for Friday. The warm temperatures experienced today, with little relief expected tonight, will not allow our buildings to sufficiently cool down in time to handle tomorrow's anticipated high temperatures. Classes are only being canceled in the district's 19 elementary schools that do not have air conditioning. All other schools in the district will operate as normal tomorrow. The elementary schools where classes will be canceled on Friday, September 2, include: Brookdale, Brooks, Builta, Clow, Cowlishaw, Fry, Georgetown, Gombert, Graham, Kendall, Longwood, McCarty, Patterson, Spring Brook, Steck, Watts, Welch, White Eagle, and Young. An FAQ on elementary school air conditioning is online at ipsdweb.ipsd.org/uploads/HighTemp/AirConditioningFAQ0611.pdfget ready sports fans-- here iot comes..the prooganda machine-- first we'll see some statement from CP about it then Curt will say- "we can't raise the issue - it has to come from the public"- and the loyal minions will come forward-- it's almost referendum time... of course this from the same people that had volleyball tryouts in an un air conditioned gym @ Metea for 4 hours a day at almost 100 degrees outside - and said the girls got water breaks that was good enough. Someone needs to determine what is and isn't enough- right now I smell an agenda |
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Post by EagleDad on Sept 1, 2011 16:09:08 GMT -6
Just got this. It's a wicked cool move by the YMCA to help out. I'm sure it will be a big help for some parents that may need it on short notice: Sorry Doc, it's only available to those in SOUTHERN Naperville 
Dear White Eagle Parents, The YMCA is offering a special program to assist parents who might need childcare on Friday, September 2. It is offering a supervised childcare program for elementary students from 7 am to 5 pm at the Y Sports Complex, 31W290 Schoger Road, Naperville. The fee is $39 for the day. There is no need to pre-register your child. For more information, contact the YMCA at 630-585-2207. Jon Vogel Principal White Eagle Elementary School
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 2, 2011 8:27:53 GMT -6
HERE COMES THE PROPOGANDA MACHINE __ AS PROMISED napervillesun.suntimes.com/7406647-417/its-elementary-fridays-heat-shuts-19-district-204-schools.htmlIt’s elementary: Friday’s heat shuts 19 District 204 schools By Susan Frick Carlman scarlman@stmedianetwork.com September 1, 2011 2:54PM Reprints Updated: September 2, 2011 2:38AM Peterson’s in, but Patterson’s out. Kids in 19 Indian Prairie District 204 elementary schools are having an extra long holiday weekend. That should come as a relief to them, and their teachers, who spend the school day in buildings that have no air conditioning. The school district announced early Thursday afternoon, as the heat index hovered around the 100-degree mark, that classes were being cancelled Friday at the schools. The message, circulated electronically through the district’s 204-enews electronic communications network, cited forecasts calling for temperatures to be in the mid-90s on Friday. The district website has a page explaining the excessive heat factor that sometimes afflicts the schools, tracing the issue to the school board’s decision 32 years ago to forego central air conditioning when it was building Clow Elementary School. The feature was left out of subsequent construction plans, which followed on a template approach as enrollment rapidly grew across the school system. The district relates that formal support for a policy change was lacking until 2001, when a citizen-based referendum committee recommended including cooling systems in the last two schools, Owen and Peterson. Those campuses are the only elementary schools in the district slated to hold classes Friday. The middle and high schools are not affected by the heat call. In recent years, the district has investigated the possibility of equipping the 19 schools with central air conditioning, an upgrade pegged at $36.1 million that would take several years to complete. Consultants also advised that window air conditioners would be noisy, costly, inefficient and would provide air of poor quality. A parent survey conducted in late 2009 found divided support for a property tax increase to pay for installing central air at all 19 sites, adding $107 to the average yearly real estate tax bill. Some 45.2 percent of those asked said they would be willing to pay the additional sum, but 53 percent said they would not. The elementary schools affected by the shutdown are Brookdale, Brooks, Builta, Clow, Cowlishaw, Fry, Georgetown, Gombert, Graham, Kendall, Longwood, McCarty, Patterson, Spring Brook, Steck, Watts, Welch, White Eagle and Young. Susan Rice, spokeswoman for Naperville School District 203, said school would be going on as usual Friday. “We have air conditioning in all 22 of our schools, and as of 2 p.m. today, they are all working,” Rice wrote in an email Thursday afternoon. District 204’s plan for dealing with hot days is at ipsdweb.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx/HighTemperaturePlan |
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 2, 2011 8:30:48 GMT -6
Yeah 203's got a/c in all their schools - for a same reason they added on to Naperville Central instead of bilking their taxpayers for another $75M or so for a new school... they aren't our agenda filled bunch - that's why !!
Please folks- not one more f'n dime for this crew to piss away --
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 2, 2011 8:31:32 GMT -6
Just got this. It's a wicked cool move by the YMCA to help out. I'm sure it will be a big help for some parents that may need it on short notice: Sorry Doc, it's only available to those in SOUTHERN Naperville
Dear White Eagle Parents, The YMCA is offering a special program to assist parents who might need childcare on Friday, September 2. It is offering a supervised childcare program for elementary students from 7 am to 5 pm at the Y Sports Complex, 31W290 Schoger Road, Naperville. The fee is $39 for the day. There is no need to pre-register your child. For more information, contact the YMCA at 630-585-2207. Jon Vogel Principal White Eagle Elementary School
Sorry Doc, it's only available to those in SOUTHERN Naperville Nice shot !!! ;D |
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Post by hon on Sept 2, 2011 8:50:12 GMT -6
I think this goes much further back than the third HS. I would say when they were building the great school of the south they should have put the A/C in the grades schools back in then. However, at the time the S/B was too worried about building the biggest and flashy HS possible and overlooked the issue then. Let’s put blame where it really belongs.
This is an issue that will happen every year and I don’t think spending $40m is worth it for five days a year that it is too hot. Perhaps insead of letting the kids go outside and run around in the heat they should sit in the class room with a cool drink and learn something.
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 2, 2011 8:59:15 GMT -6
I think this goes much further back than the third HS. I would say when they were building the great school of the south they should have put the A/C in the grades schools back in then. However, at the time the S/B was too worried about building the biggest and flashy HS possible and overlooked the issue then. Let’s put blame where it really belongs. This is an issue that will happen every year and I don’t think spending $40m is worth it for five days a year that it is too hot. Perhaps insead of letting the kids go outside and run around in the heat they should sit in the class room with a cool drink and learn something. Oh hon, I basically agree with you in that the same two people who orchestrated MVHS ( and plenty of facts that it was unneeded and they knew these before spending) - Jeannette Clark and Mark Metzger also orchestrated building a HS so oppulent that it drew national attention, and not in a good way. The duo teamed up again for Neuqua II that we have now. My oldest was at Waubonsie at the time so I am very familiar with how it went down - and you are not wrong on that count. But you cannot excuse doing the same thing over again at MVHS- spending $154M for a school that doesn't even have a/c in the gym.. and will NEVER be fully utilized-plus because of location add on $3M a year or so in additional transportation costs. At least we knew we needed all the seats at NVHS-- we just over built from a needs standpoint- absolutely |
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 2, 2011 9:01:48 GMT -6
I think this goes much further back than the third HS. I would say when they were building the great school of the south they should have put the A/C in the grades schools back in then. However, at the time the S/B was too worried about building the biggest and flashy HS possible and overlooked the issue then. Let’s put blame where it really belongs. This is an issue that will happen every year and I don’t think spending $40m is worth it for five days a year that it is too hot. Perhaps insead of letting the kids go outside and run around in the heat they should sit in the class room with a cool drink and learn something. also we build schools like Owen that were unneeded- and has never been ( and won't be) more than 60% utilized even after boundary changes to try and up that%. Too many ES schools in that range - we have overstock - yet not A/C and some of the designs ( like Watts) do not lend themselves to easy conversion to A/C which will make them impossible to sell. Glitz and show - and " see what we can do with unlimited money" drove us to where we are today So, you are correct, MVHS is not the only cause- it;s just the latest shining example of excess and waste |
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Post by gatordog on Sept 2, 2011 12:04:45 GMT -6
I came across a unique tidbit from a story in today's Tribune. Ironic that I was reading this today  . In their article "War cost calculus: The bill is a riddle" it is stated that $38 billion covers two years of air conditioning for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Maybe when the troops come home they can bring their A/Cs with them! Disclaimer: not intended as comment on foreign policy or 1990s SB politics  |
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Post by doctorwho on Sept 6, 2011 14:21:34 GMT -6
I came across a unique tidbit from a story in today's Tribune. Ironic that I was reading this today . In their article "War cost calculus: The bill is a riddle" it is stated that $38 billion covers two years of air conditioning for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Maybe when the troops come home they can bring their A/Cs with them! Disclaimer: not intended as comment on foreign policy or 1990s SB politics the logisitcs of that has got to be insane.. |
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. In their article "War cost calculus: The bill is a riddle" it is stated that $38 billion covers two years of air conditioning for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Maybe when the troops come home they can bring their A/Cs with them! 