[Vision2020] school facilities discussion

[Carl Westberg]

"Sell off West Park and Russell".  Close my alma mater, Russell School, 
where I was undisputed tetherball champion circa 1959?  Where, on the steps 
leading down to First Street on the way to the public library, I realized, 
at the age of 10, that I was madly in love with....whoever she was?  Say it 
ain't so, Dan.                                                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                 Carl 
Westberg Jr.


>From: "Area Man" <areaman at moscow.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] school facilities discussion
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:50:05 -0800
>
>Maybe I've missed it in all the posts about elections and super
>wal-marts and various other topics, but I haven't seen much discussion
>on the Vizzz regarding school facilities (this time around).
>
>I'll get the ball rolling (love it or hate it) --
>
>Sell off West Park and Russell, build a new elementary school at the
>Joseph Street property, send those kids there.
>
>Some things that *might* happen in this process:
>- the U of I purchases the West Park property
>- *someone* buys the Russell property and builds the high-rise condos
>that some citizens told the New Cities people we wanted, maybe even
>using the old school for part of that.
>- that makes some money for the SD to build the new school with (not all
>of it, of course).
>
>Issues?
>- Kids that walk to Russell will have to hoof it to McDonald or Lena, or
>take a bus (not really a problem with West Park, since I think most all
>the kids ride buses there already).
>- all the schools even farther over on the east side of Moscow.  It
>would be nice to have one at each corner of town, but I don't see that
>happening.
>
>This still doesn't fix the problems with the High School, but that's for
>another time.  Baby steps . . .
>
>As Tom Hansen would say, "Thoughts?"
>
>DC
>
>
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