Site Selection Report is up at IPSD.org

[admin]

www.ipsd.org/3rdHS_site.asp

[admin]

In writing that Bonk Farm across from Naperbrook GC has no municipal support and that Bolingbrook is planning on high income housing.

The Eola/Monitor site

The northeast parts of the site are immediately adjacent to two high energy electrical
switching substations. That means relatively high electromagnetic radiation would be
present at that location. The original location of the Patterson Elementary school in sight
of electrical power lines caused uproar over the possibility that electromagnetic radiation
might create health issues for the students, and the site was moved to its current location.
While the Patterson site created the possibility of exposure to electromagnetic radiation,
the Eola/Molitor site is somewhere between a probability and a certainty for exposure to
such radiation. Although the scientists studying the question of whether such exposures
do or do not create health concerns continue to disagree, the Board sees no advantage in
constructing a third high school in such a location if there is any possibility of
abandonment for health reasons.

IMO, the electromagnetic risk is bull but I was shocked that I am in the minority with this opinion in my neighborhood. Moms near me are freaked about the power lines near Crone which are a good 1/4 mile away.

[JB]

admin said:

IMO, the electromagnetic risk is bull but I was shocked..............

Topher made a funny ;D

[fence]

Were you SHOCKED? Funny word choice

I think that there are alot of people who feel weird about the power lines and transformers. I would probably not like the idea of having them on school property. I tend to get a kind of Homer Simpson in Springfield feeling in the summer driving down Book Rd. listening to the lines buzzing through the open sunroof. Regardless of what the reality is, its creepy.

[admin]

Didn't even realize I did that.

[wvhsparent]

That eases my mind a bit.... I still want to know how much they are going to end up paying for BB before giving up.

[wvhsparent]

This report should have been out MONTHS ago!

[EagleDad]

While it would have been good to see this a while ago, it is very good that the School District is getting this information out, even now.

It seems clear that they were doing their homework on other site options as well.

This, combined with ongoing operations costs (which they've begun estimating at 4.5MM/year) will help to address many voters concerns.

[Arch]

This is a step in the right direction for the SB. There's still some more road to travel, but it's good to see this. There are still 35 or so days until voting. The more they get out, the better.

[EagleDad]

Just got done going through the report in detail. It is very well put togeher, IMHO.

[admin]

Worse, Bolingbrook
has very high stormwater control upcharges. The expected upcharge is well in to seven
figures.

What is stormwater control upcharges?

[204parent]

eagledad said:

While it would have been good to see this a while ago, it is very good that the School District is getting this information out, even now.

It seems clear that they were doing their homework on other site options as well.

This, combined with ongoing operations costs (which they've begun estimating at 4.5MM/year) will help to address many voters concerns.

Agree. I'm glad they communicated the 4.5MM/year number. Now they need to come up with an estimate for operating a new MS and addition to NV as a comparison. It won't be as high as 4.5MM, but it won't be zero either.

Then, a quick Sally Struthers calculation will show that the difference is only pennies per day.

[EagleDad]

I'm assuming it's a levy that the municipality places on a large property for the treatment and disposal of excess overflow runoff based on the overall acreage.

i.e. maybe it's a fee for excess that the on-site stormwater control cannot handle during excessive rainfall. All/any of this goes into the sewer system and the municipality must treat it.

You're right though, that term is not well defined.

[EagleDad]

204parent said:

eagledad said:

While it would have been good to see this a while ago, it is very good that the School District is getting this information out, even now.

It seems clear that they were doing their homework on other site options as well.

This, combined with ongoing operations costs (which they've begun estimating at 4.5MM/year) will help to address many voters concerns.

Agree. I'm glad they communicated the 4.5MM/year number. Now they need to come up with an estimate for operating a new MS and addition to NV as a comparison. It won't be as high as 4.5MM, but it won't be zero either.

Then, a quick Sally Struthers calculation will show that the difference is only pennies per day.

Yes, that would be a very good comparison. Either just that (MS & NV addition), or new MS and incremental costs of split shifts (teacher overtime or increased salary).

[proschool]

I wonder how much the BB site wil save in transporation costs. I think that will cancel out most of the additional expense.