[Vision2020] New High School

[cburke at wsunix.wsu.edu]

That may be so, but the shell game still continues. We are having a 
hard enough time filling and paying for the 1912 building. Who is 
going to pay for the old school renovation into county offices? 
Building a new high school costs more than the cost of the new 
school's construction. There are the costs associated with building 
infrastructure associated with the new school, as mentioned in 
earlier posts, in addition to the renovation costs to the existing 
school. All of these costs will be passed to the Latah County tax 
payer. I feel that maintaining and building upon the existing sites 
is a more prudent financial approach to providing educational 
facilities than expanding into farmland.

Charles Burke






>I believe the county government offices covet much of the old high school.
>PK
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>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:48 AM
>Subject: [Vision2020] New High School
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>Now that the facilities committee has recommended that the upcoming 
>school bond issue cover the construction of a new high school, what 
>is to become of the old high school? It seems to me that if the 
>current high school is inadequate due to need of repair, then it 
>will require renovation irregardless, unless it is to be demolished. 
>I wonder where the renovation money will come from? I was hoping 
>that we could renovate the old high school and thereby get more bang 
>for our money...a renovated building and a well functioning school. 
>To accommodate a revised configuration (4 year vs 3 year high 
>school), I had hoped that a conversion of the high school to a 
>junior high and the junior high to a high school would get some 
>traction, but apparently that hasn't happened. I'd like to hear 
>others comment on this subject.
>
>Charles Burke
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