[Vision2020] New High School would be Smaller

[keely emerinemix]

Wrong.

But it would appear not to matter to you.

So, for the record, the new HS would be 136,000 total square feet on 40 
acres.  The old one is 120,000 square feet on less than 4 acres.  
Efficiency, educational suitability, security and usability is the 
difference between the new high school and the old -- in other words, spaces 
that are designed for maximum usage in a 21st-century environment, not 
patched-together space that was barely adequate 30 years ago and enormously 
expensive to renovate today.

If you are unable to see that after spending so much time in the old 
building and carefully reviewing the Feb. 22, 2005, Hummel specs for the new 
building -- because you've assured us that you've studied the matter -- then 
I'm afraid we'll just have to disagree on this.  But you might want to avoid 
substituting your triumphant "Duh-Oh, kids!" for careful analysis of an 
issue more complex than what your calculator can measure.

keely


From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] New High School would be Smaller
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:01:55 -0700

How about that kids?

The current high school has 120,000 sq. ft. The new one would have 135,000 
sq ft. But wait, the current high school only has 3 grades. The new high 
school would have 4. Let us do the math.

The current High School offers 40,000 sq ft per class. The new high school 
would offer less then 34,000 sq ft per class. Duh Oh!

You think over crowding is bad now, wait until you build the new school. And 
as you pay for this dead horse for 20 years, according to CQE and the MSD, 
the population would be rising 1.5% per year. This new high school will be 
more crowded the day it opens then the current one is today. You could knock 
down the 1968 annex, build a three story building in its place, and have 
more space then you would get out of the new school.

Why get more when you can spend money you do not have to get so much less?


Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold


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