[Vision2020] school facilities discussion

[J Ford]

YEOW!!!!  What a HUGE mistake that was....I meant to say "CHRIS"..sorry 
about that....typed too fast for my own good.

Hope everyone forgives me for that...especially you, Chris.

Mia Cuppa!!!

J  :]




>From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>To: cstorhok at co.fairbanks.ak.us, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] school facilities discussion
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:48:36 -0800
>
>Chris (good to hear from you, Man!)
>
>Were they asking to "buy" the land or just use it?  Does that make any 
>difference?  Couldn't UI work with them on that issue?  Seems like they 
>should be able to since UI is Land Grant also - or am I wrong on that one?
>
>J  :]
>
>
>
>
>>From: Chris Storhok <cstorhok at co.fairbanks.ak.us>
>>To: 'J Ford' <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] school facilities discussion
>>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:43:48 -0900
>>
>>J,
>>One thought, West Park's playground is forever tied up under terms of a 
>>Land
>>Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant, it will take an act of Congress to
>>release it.   When I was working for the county we looked for a better 
>>spot
>>for the ice rink and looked at the sit of the old pool, unfortunately the
>>LWCF restrictions kept that from occurring.
>>Chris
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
>>On Behalf Of J Ford
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:39 AM
>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] school facilities discussion
>>
>>Use Russell as the new home for PCRH (that way the HS students in need of
>>the services of PCRH could easily get to it and those from PCRH could do
>>likewise with the HS so close), use West Park as a "transition school",
>>build another - larger elementary school on Joseph Street that could house
>>k-6th graders, making the move to the Junior High easier.  Once West Park 
>>is
>>
>>not longer needed, sell it to the UI/any tech college that would like to 
>>use
>>
>>it (NSA?  You wouldn't need a CUP for that one!)
>>
>>Whatever monies were garnered from the sale of West Park could go towards
>>updating or "earnest" money towards the building of a new High School.
>>
>>I agree - a school on every corner is not going to happen anytime soon.
>>
>>Thoughts?
>>
>>J  :]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >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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