tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6457427140952254751..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-830195128106026822014-03-06T20:35:54.904-08:002014-03-06T20:35:54.904-08:00I must say, I admire the graciousness shown by Pin...I must say, I admire the graciousness shown by Pinehurst families, given their shoddy treatment by SPS and others.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72748142973884872452014-03-06T16:45:25.115-08:002014-03-06T16:45:25.115-08:00The ESTEM K-8 is not "taking" our buildi...The ESTEM K-8 is not "taking" our building. The district moved them there and effectively shut the AS1 program down. It was only through last-ditch pleas that we got another facility. I have the utmost respect for the JA K-8 program. They were tasked with building a successful, popular K-8 program with very little lead time, which they did. Then they were told to move, which they are graciously doing, while many in the community (including on this blog) now disparage them for becoming large and popular. <br /><br />I cannot presume to speak for everyone at Pinehurst, of course, so I cannot say that everyone "knows what lies ahead and accepts what the district is doing to them" as you said. I myself do not know what lies ahead and how it will work, and like I said am just thankful that we were put somewhere instead of being shut down entirely. PH momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28938850580252222452014-03-06T15:39:21.598-08:002014-03-06T15:39:21.598-08:00Heard some pretty disturbing stuff on KIRO just no...Heard some pretty disturbing stuff on KIRO just now. They added that this isn't the first time, nor the first season, to hear comments, but the social media attacks are new. I keep hoping we've progressed...<br /><br />http://mynorthwest.com/108/2472782/Garfield-High-players-cheerleaders-targeted-with-racist-social-media-posts<br /><br />Sad DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61811352647421572622014-03-06T14:14:31.604-08:002014-03-06T14:14:31.604-08:00@Be Well,
Glad to hear it is going to work out. ...@Be Well,<br /><br />Glad to hear it is going to work out. I think the District should have done better by the AS1/Pinehurst community. <br /><br />If there is space at Magnuson for a new 150 student school, why couldn't this District have rented you much better space for the interim? Magnuson, with the green space and non-crowding would have been so much better. The District has a capacity shortage, and if you had been moved to a better fitting, more reasonable facility while awaiting an exit to a better fitting permanent facility, the student learning experience would have been better for the kids. But, that is just an opinion. When I hear the families talk about the vulnerable kids in the program, whose families have specifically picked it for its small scale, so that their kids, some of whom are foster kids or have special needs, could feel safe, secure and be known... well, moving around a high school with over 800 is going to be very, very different. <br /><br />Anyway, glad to hear that all of AS1 knows what lies ahead and accepts what the District is doing to them. I am curious if any of the families have asked the families who been at Lincoln with co-located elementaries 2 years ago, ask what the cafeteria was like, with 2 different 'norms' about behave and expectation and school culture, about how adults were not sure if they could 'talk' to certain kids because they were from a different program, about how the janitor had two different principals wants him to be in two different places doing 2 different things at the same time... Yes, kids left those school because of the issues.<br /><br />I posted since you are recruiting at my school, not mentioning the total picture of what life at Lincoln will be like, and instead offering tours of your existing, intimate facility. The ESTEM K8 did a night last night at Marshall, so at least prospective parents could get a sense of that building that they would be sending their kids too. I think Pinehurst deserves the same opportunities. Of course, there is irony in that last sentence, since the ESTEM K8 is taking your Pinehurst K8 building... which is what made the program vulnerable in the first place. <br /><br />I am going to be optimistic and hope for better for your program. <br /><br />-EWOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-2073103999298611472014-03-06T14:01:27.216-08:002014-03-06T14:01:27.216-08:00In GC/CM contracts, "escalation" is syno...In GC/CM contracts, "escalation" is synonymous with "we have no leverage in MAC negotiations, and despite SPS taking on more risk and building in fat contingencies, the contractors are going to ask for the moon." I speak from experience. And this is SPS' experience. That is why they are supposedly moving away from GC/CM. But does Herndon know that? And why retain it for W-P?<br /><br />As for rewarding the A/E for designing a building that blew the budget: that's just kooky!<br /><br />I remember when SPS paid a 30% premium just to demo the Denny building. What a crock!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-91977099438411605592014-03-06T13:39:20.848-08:002014-03-06T13:39:20.848-08:00Eyes wide open, I'm just thankful that after t...Eyes wide open, I'm just thankful that after threatening to close Pinehurst every year for the last many years, they found a place for our school again. Yes, Lincoln is not ideal. But I am aware of how many kids will be in the building and yes, I am aware of how far it is from the previous location, and yes, I am even aware it is across the freeway from the old location. (Not sure how ill informed you think we are...)<br /><br />And not sure why the histrionics here. It seems that perhaps you just want Pinehurst to die a quiet death so your kids will have more room to have lunch, honestly. <br /><br />Be well.PH momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-77158510412257121442014-03-06T13:18:00.393-08:002014-03-06T13:18:00.393-08:00At last night's Board meeting, during the disc...At last night's Board meeting, during the discussion around the 2nd elementary at Lincoln BAR, Director Peaslee did ask about whether or not the lunchroom would be a part of the upcoming renovations, since she has been hearing that it is small. I think staff is getting back to her on this one, but I'm not sure.<br /><br />Also, the discussion around the BAR for Wilson-Pacific (increased amount for the architectural firm based upon increased project budget) was very, very difficult to follow. <br /><br />According to the BAR, the Maximum Allowable Construction Contract amount for the project has grown from $62.5M to $74M. It is clear that there is "escalation" but there were no specifics given as to why there was such escalation, or what costs were escalated. Director Carr tried very, very, hard to ask the right questions, but the answers given were not very helpful, at least not in my opinion. I couldn't help but wonder if the Board had any idea of what was up for vote.<br /><br />BTW, I think it would be hysterical to do a Jimmy Kimmel-esk montage, piecing together all the times the word "escalation" was said during the course of Director Carr's questioning.<br /><br />- North-end MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6466639123517364342014-03-06T12:40:20.900-08:002014-03-06T12:40:20.900-08:00reposting before open enrollment closes:
Dear Pin...reposting before open enrollment closes:<br /><br />Dear Pinehust (and northern elementary potential APPers):<br /><br />Before open enrollment closes, you might want to COME DOWN TO THE LINCOLN BUILDING AROUND BELL TIME OR LUNCH and see for yourself how congested it is to have MERELY 600 kids try and play in a parking lot or be shuttled in and out via 12 buses and umpteen parent cars doing drop off or pick-up.<br /><br />Before you sign yourself up for this** you owe it to yourself to observe a recess. You don't have to enter the school property, you can observe from the Solid Ground parking lot. See if you can spot any grass. Hint: you can't. The nearby park? Off-limits, per the City. <br /><br />Then think, if your child whose currently enjoying an intimate experience of a school whose total enrollment is 150, if you feel comfortable putting your child into a high school with no field, no playground, AND A MINIMUM OF 850 students!! (that is the existing school + your students + SpEd 18-21 program) Oh, and if Hamilton crashes and burns the subsequent year, add those kids via the "Hamilton Annex" into the other floor of the South Wing of Lincoln. <br /><br />Lunch? Max. capacity is 200 in the lunch room, which means that in addition to the 3 lunch shifts, a fourth will have to be added. Your kids will get to school, and then have to turn around and eat lunch possibly. And, they will be eating lunch with kids from a different school, in a room with more kids than currently your entire school's population. Is this the experience you are looking for? Sacajawea has about the same number of kids in their entire school as what Lincoln CURRENTLY puts through in just one of there lunch shifts, and, that doesn't even include the expansion that is going to happen this September.<br /><br />Oh, and you get to arrive at this school of more than 800 with no playground by a bus that will be hauling your kids at least 5 miles (on average) across the I-5.<br /><br />The maximum enrollment per the much lauded "ed spec" for K5s is 650. Lincoln is going to blow the barn doors off that figure, for sure. What a mess. Then what happens after years 1 and 2 in Lincoln? You get to go to a comprehensive secondary middle school of 1,000! Not sure how elementary kids will fare in that, but, close your eyes, and picture your school inside of Eckstein, and, you get the picture.<br /><br />**Since you will be getting an automatic continuing assignment to Pinehurst, to enroll in a different attendance area or option school by the end of open enrollment you need to turn in a form, otherwise you will be on the milk-run bus down to Lincoln.<br /><br />Why this comment? Because I hate it when the District obfuscates the truth, and, parents end up in situations they really didn't see coming.<br /><br />-eyes wide openAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57160682148072012042014-03-06T12:15:39.083-08:002014-03-06T12:15:39.083-08:00Wow, CCA, just wow!
RE: Wilson Pacific Middle Scho...Wow, CCA, just wow!<br />RE: Wilson Pacific Middle School, no lockers, no auditorium, not enough gym...<br /><br />And you think this is a good thing?<br /><br />To the point where you are doing a back of the envelope calculation to figure out how if they run two classes at the same time in the gym AND they make sure that 30% of the kids are diverted away from gym, then, it is all good?<br /><br />You are advocating intentionally to short-change kids? You're depending on kids to not get their mandated state education as a way to justify an inadequate facility? <br /><br />Truly, are you comfortable going down this path, because I can think of a lot of variations, especially in this capacity challenged district, to solve problems that way.<br /><br />What if I said the kids destined for this facility are kids living in apartments in urban setting, with no backyards, no safe parks nearby, whose families can't afford the fees associated with select soccer or Little League or any other organized team sport? I guess you are depending on rich kids from nice, safe neighborhoods to go to this school to make it work? That's your thesis? Nice.<br /><br />But hey, whatever. Let's not support the school, lets short-sheet the facilities, and, that's okay, we're going to rely on those kids to opt out of PE, it's not like kids need exercise during the day in order to "move to think" and to support student learning. Especially if there are cooped up in an apartment all day, they will be use to being sedentary. Bonus!<br /><br />Maybe they'll all be passive girls who are overweight and diabetic, they won't have much use for a gym, or, maybe there will be lots of rich active boys whose families can afford to pay the fees associated with team sports and send them to Yakima or Chelan for their soccer tournaments. Who needs a gym to bond a school kids together through athletics, school spirit is highly overrated. <br /><br />Yes, let's not bother building a gym sufficient to support the 1000 seats that will be there. Definitely lets skip having big enough for passing period. Wait, better idea: Let's not have hallways! Let's pretend we live in San Diego, and have outside hallways! More savings! Brilliant! Oh, and forget about an auditorium, we can pretend that music can take place on the stage while BOTH gym classes are going, and, that that will be great! <br /><br />Similarly, West seattle is having a challenge with elementary seats. So, let's work with your math: cut out the demand for the faciity! Let's encourage partial homeschooling. Same logic, if we have a gym the wrong size for a school, it is too small, then, well just stop teaching PE to 30% of the kids. For the elementary schools, if they are the wrong size for the school community, let's just encourage students to 'be excused' and 'get a waiver' from portions of school, that will fix it! I'd say do it for math, that would be ripe for homeschooling, since math materials are bad. That way, the District won't have to go through the text adoption cycle. We can just stick with the cr*p materials we have, and, kids will opt out and be partially homeschooled, and, that will save the capacity crisis! Awesome!<br /><br />-seriously? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32133218751863949972014-03-06T10:51:27.242-08:002014-03-06T10:51:27.242-08:00I don't necessarily agree with Charlie's a...I don't necessarily agree with Charlie's assessment.<br /><br />Personally, I could never be elected nor serve as a board director. If I <i>were</i> a director in Bizarro World, I would have to temper my bombast, take Valium and be nice to try to make progress with six colleagues and district admin.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-33763685800254238962014-03-06T10:37:45.178-08:002014-03-06T10:37:45.178-08:00I watched bits and pieces of last night's Boar...I watched bits and pieces of last night's Board meeting.<br /><br />Sue Peters and Stephan Blanford were both absent. I didn't catch the reasons why.<br /><br />I heard something mentioned about a Cascade/NWC meeting scheduled for Friday, but I missed the meeting announcement and the details (when, where, who can attend, etc...). Also, Director Peaslee asked for anyone with ideas for solutions to send them to the Board (and Superintendent?).<br /><br />- North-end MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-11579419358409025412014-03-06T10:08:44.380-08:002014-03-06T10:08:44.380-08:00Apparently there was an important board meeting la...Apparently there was an important board meeting last night for the survival of Cascade PPP. I see a flurry of emails calling for urgent action and then silence. Any news?<br /><br /> - CascadianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57691504026376542302014-03-06T09:17:12.596-08:002014-03-06T09:17:12.596-08:00mirmac1, could you elaborate? I'd like to hear...mirmac1, could you elaborate? I'd like to hear more.<br /><br />What has me worried is Charlie Mas' recent comments that he has spent 13 years helping get people elected to the school board only to see them rapidly go from representing the people to the district to representing the district staff's views to the people of Seattle. Charlie seems to be of the view now that electing good people to the board just doesn't matter. That had me feeling naive and worried, so I wanted to ask whether anyone had opinions of what's happening with the new board and whether it is looking like the new board is going to make any difference.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7714670445870681772014-03-06T06:15:55.947-08:002014-03-06T06:15:55.947-08:00Greg,
If you attend board meetings you would see t...Greg,<br />If you attend board meetings you would see that she is probably the most informed and the most inquisitive of the board. Have you emailed her?mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32035990324463958722014-03-05T21:45:48.211-08:002014-03-05T21:45:48.211-08:00Re 1 Gym:
So maybe those numbers (70 per period)...Re 1 Gym: <br /><br />So maybe those numbers (70 per period) work ... if there's no elementary school in the building! They are all required to have gym, and they sure can't have it when MS kids are having gym. So that means that there is way less available time... b/c if they can't build space for lockers and an auditorium to be shared between two schools (850 MS + 550-600ES + 250 at AS#1), they sure aren't going to give AS #1 anything. <br /><br />I believe everything Kellie says. So if you think there should be lockers and an auditorium, email the board and super and anyone else you can think of. <br /><br />Aren't there some community people who thought they'd have an auditorium there to use? Well there isn't one. Feels like the design team pulled a joke on students (no lockers) and everyone else (no auditorium) in service of super-trendy learning zones or whatever the heck they're called, with lots of "flex spaces" that aren't rooms but are small group areas. <br /><br />It's all in the ed specs (hope you can read it - do a search on 'locker', 'gym' and 'auditorium' and look at the learning space diagrams. Try not to grind your teeth to nubs: <br /><br />http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=2ae3d216d5334cc237fe47325589dd91&pageid=223502<br /><br />-signed: demand moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72830503844118393482014-03-05T17:45:32.518-08:002014-03-05T17:45:32.518-08:00I haven't heard anything from Sue Peters for a...I haven't heard anything from Sue Peters for a while. She's on the Board now. Anyone seen what she's been up to in meetings? The last post on her school board election website is from back in January, and I haven't seen any other updates. I had high hopes for her, but seems like things went pretty silent after her election, so I'm curious what, if anything, is going on with the new Board and the latest Board members?Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71437254348573838822014-03-05T17:35:15.098-08:002014-03-05T17:35:15.098-08:00But moreover, when you are adding a brand new buil...But moreover, when you are adding a brand new building, you can also accidentally make policy decisions. This would mean that there will be 12 comprehensive middle schools and 11 of those schools have lockers and one does not. Omitting lockers creates year of exception handling with regard to pretty much every policy you make. <br /><br />At 11 schools, you do this. But at this one, that won't work, you will have to make a work around. There will be hundreds of little tiny issues when you build one building that is substantially different from all the others. <br /><br />The only reasons that Hamilton is able to work without an auditorium is because they use the Lincoln auditorium extensively. The district should learn from that oversight. <br /><br />When Hamilton was re-built there was a decision made to give us the square footage from the auditorium in order to build flexible learning spaces. This idea was imbedded in some very limited thinking that because the school was high FRL at that time that the auditorium was not needed and that the flexible spaces would create a more intimate learning environment.<br /><br />Well things changed and now the flex spaces are classrooms and the building is packed. You build buildings for 100 years, not for the people who will be using it the first year. <br /><br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32433460775834380972014-03-05T17:29:23.646-08:002014-03-05T17:29:23.646-08:00I am on the SDAT for Wilson Pacific and I can conf...I am on the SDAT for Wilson Pacific and I can confirm that there has been significant input from the users of the future building that lockers are critical. <br /><br />The commenter that postulated that we need more classroom space so sacrificing lockers, etc is just fine to get more square feel. All I can say is my much repeated mantra over many years. You only solve a capacity problems with more capacity. <br /><br />Intentionally making a "white elephant" building that needs to serve students for 100 years in order to have an extra classroom is a very bad prioritization of funds. It is much better to build it right and then slap on a portable to get that extra classroom than to make a building that is NOT a comprehensive school.<br /><br />No auditorium, no lockers, why not start getting rid of bathrooms, cafeteria and science labs. <br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24386929837213050362014-03-05T13:02:23.257-08:002014-03-05T13:02:23.257-08:00@ Demand more, re: 1 gym for 1250 kids, I imagine ...@ Demand more, re: 1 gym for 1250 kids, I imagine it's doable. If you divide the gym and have two PE classes of 35 going on at the same time, that's 70 kids. Six periods a day makes 420. If each kid takes one semester of PE, that's 840 kids per year. If about 1/3 of the students get PE waivers (I don't know how much it actually is, but most of the kids we know have them), the numbers work out. <br /><br />I'm not saying it's ideal--or that the gym is sufficient for sharing by multiple schools--but just explaining how the 1-for-1250 spec might be reasonable.<br /><br />HIMSmomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62061165784772558182014-03-05T12:12:09.736-08:002014-03-05T12:12:09.736-08:00One reason given for backpacks not being allowed i...One reason given for backpacks not being allowed is they would present a safety issue in terms of navigating through the classroom (imagine 30 or so backpacks in an already crowded classroom), especially in an emergency. Students also need a place to secure their belongings - I can't imagine not having a locker in middle school. <br /><br />Are these just rumors, or possible scenarios that will hopefully clarify the non-negotiables?<br /><br />Lockers seem pretty basic. <br /><br />-lockers pleaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-47804077684433294032014-03-05T12:09:51.133-08:002014-03-05T12:09:51.133-08:00@Demand More
Just to be clear, I don't think ...@Demand More<br /><br />Just to be clear, I don't think "giving them a wing" is an appropriate way to house a K-8 program permanently within a comprehensive middle school, because there really is no appropriate way to house a K-8 within a comprehensive middle school without a duplication of most, if not all, of the core facilities.<br /><br />I just assumed that if they were going forward with this ridiculous plan that AS-1/Indian Heritage would at least score an additional wing, with space for something like 250 kids and the middle school would not lose precious capacity. At the beginning of the BEXIV process, they were planning for a 1250-seat middle school at Wilson-Pacific. I thought the Board's decision to place another program in the middle school building meant that they would be expanding the building capacity to accommodate it.<br /><br />Wilson-Pacific housing only 850 comprehensive middle school kids most likely means more portables for Whitman and JAMS. Was the Board even considering the domino effect of their last-minute "direction?"<br /><br />I would really like to know exactly what is going on at Wilson-Pacific. The SDAT meeting info posted on the Wilson-Pacific BEXIV project page dates back to October.<br /><br />- reality checkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4613109773215572672014-03-05T11:38:16.654-08:002014-03-05T11:38:16.654-08:00There are generic ed specs for comprehensive middl...There are generic ed specs for comprehensive middle schools out there that do NOT include lockers in the list (although they do specify type of lighting in the administrative office spaces ... so it seems like it's NOT a focus on big picture, but a complete oversight about need for lockers). <br /><br />Also that generic comprehensive middle school ed spec says one gym for 1250 kids. So even if it's one big gym that can be divided with a folding screen, how the heck will kids have PE?<br /><br />And to CCA: The issue is NOT AS#1 at Lincoln - the issue is AS #1 going into a supposedly permanent home at a comprehensive middle school after Lincoln - is it appropriate or desirable for the elem. kids to be housed there? Is that really what AS #1 thinks they want? The old Nordic Heritage building will be coming back tot he district, etc - how is putting 1 K, 1 first grade, etc in a comprehensive middle school a good idea for anyone? How is it workable? <br /><br />And "just give them a wing" -- okay, that's not really an understanding of the complexities of design. If they can't even revise the design to give locker space (or at least are unwilling), what do you think is going to happen? Even if they're in a "wing" they'll still need cafeteria, gym, library, computer room, etc - going to put a little kid playground outside a middle school? <br /><br />The whole thing is a mess. And the public isn't looking. <br /><br />I beg people to start to look! Email! Ask about this stuff - get answers from downtown b/c I think what I'm hearing is just the tip of the iceberg. I think the money is being spent on a complicated design with lots of "wings" (exterior work is more expensive)... remember those math things where you calculate area and perimeter of different shapes on graph paper, and when you make complicated shapes like Hs and Es you get a lot of perimeter but not much area vs a big square or rectangle - more area, less perimeter? <br /><br />That's what's goingn on w/Wilson Pacific. We're getting a lot of expensive building perimeter, not enough usable building area. <br /><br />-- Demand moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43955349087777179662014-03-05T09:21:37.197-08:002014-03-05T09:21:37.197-08:00@curious
I wish I knew what was going on, and had...@curious<br /><br />I wish I knew what was going on, and had more to go on than rumors.<br /><br />I did some searching, and this is what I found on the construction updates page for the Wilson-Pacific MS/BEXIV project:<br /><br />"A memo was prepared for the Seattle School Board regarding the project budget and schedule impacts of integrating the Pinehurst K-8 and American Indian Heritage programs into Wilson-Pacific Middle School. The direction has been given to move ahead with Option A of the memo with a project schedule impact of an additional 10 weeks (for program integration) and a budget impact of $550,000 (for additional square footage as well as the design and process fees.)"<br /><br />Does anyone know where the memo that is referred to may be found? What was "Option A?" Maybe this memo can answer some of the questions about changes to this project? It says there is additional square footage being added...are they adding enough to accommodate the entire Pinehurst/AS-1/Indian Heritage program and account for that program's growth?<br /><br />@Melissa <br />I realize that there is always the possibility of building specs changing, but kindergartners in a comprehensive middle school? Really? That was not in the BEXIV voters pamphlet. If it was, the levy would have never passed. <br /><br />Do they want future levy support? If so, they should put a little more common sense into their planning for this one.<br /><br />- reality check<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-2290760170378844032014-03-05T08:17:30.926-08:002014-03-05T08:17:30.926-08:00When they approved BEXIV it was for a 650-seat ele...When they approved BEXIV it was for a 650-seat elementary school and a 1000-seat comprehensive middle school at the Wilson-Pacific site.<br /><br />No, we didn't. We voted for a pot of money. Now how it was going to possibly be used was described (and should mostly be done) but the reality is that once the district has the money, they will do with it what THEY now want to.<br /><br />I personally am VERY tired of this movement of money and changing of plans. <br /><br />There is NO one who can say - with any degree of accuracy where all the BTA and BEX money has gone and for what. The Operations Committee is given a "review" each money but it is a thousand-foot look. <br /><br />I suspect that the BEX money will run out and some projects at the end of the line are going to see their projects scaled back.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19013780237612698602014-03-05T08:06:42.891-08:002014-03-05T08:06:42.891-08:00Reality check, you sound pretty upset from your po...Reality check, you sound pretty upset from your posts. How much of this stuff is fact? Reading some of the postings, I'm getting more impressions, thoughts, even one rumor. <br /><br />curiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com