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FPC Discussion of High School Track Expansion & Stadium “Infrastructure”

This is Part 3. Current candidates are highlighted. Click on any image to access larger versions and the whole album.

FPC Vote on High School Core Capacity

As noted earlier, District 428 cannot find a way to fully staff the new DeKalb High School with custodians. Decisions made in 2008, as detailed in the following Facilities Planning Facility meeting minutes below, helped lead to today’s failure.

FPC Meeting 9/9

The materials sub-committee starts at 3:30 p.m., full Facilities Planning Committee at 6:30 p.m. Plans for the high school are being wrapped up. Then they will discuss Phase II, including floating ideas about consolidating some of the elementary schools. High school core for 3000 and initial classroom space for 2500, and they still think Phase… Continue reading FPC Meeting 9/9

FPC Meeting 8/20/08

There were meetings about police station funding and the new schools last night. I am very interested in the new station but since I wrote a letter about the high school it seemed fitting to attend the latter meeting. The core size of the high school, at 3000, is treated as a done deal by… Continue reading FPC Meeting 8/20/08

FPC, DAWC Dates

The Facilities Planning Committee will meet again Wednesday, August 20, at 6:30 p.m. Question: How many guests from the general public does it take to prevent heckling of FPC members who want to talk about downsizing the core of the new high school in response to the latest enrollment projections? Answer: More than 3. The… Continue reading FPC, DAWC Dates

FPC Meeting: No Report

I’d like to report on the FPC meeting but can’t. I missed too much. You see, for much of the meeting there were too many simultaneous “mini meetings” going on in the back between school board members and administrators and, at times, something almost akin to heckling. Now, I admit to having a moderate hearing… Continue reading FPC Meeting: No Report

FPC Bombshell

The Facilities Planning Committee began planning “Phase II” of the school construction plan last night, but I could not concentrate. Part of it was brain-deadness because these meetings run too darn long, part of it was shock. Here’s why: No matter what we do to cut construction costs, we will still not come under the… Continue reading FPC Bombshell

DeKalb’s Population Illusions

**Update: DHS enrollment projections for next year have been corrected from 17,000 to 1,700 and I appreciate receiving the email heads up.** Possibly the worst argument in support of the land swap deal between District 428 and Shodeen is this: The land near [DeKalb High School] offers more promise for the district than Kiwanis Park.… Continue reading DeKalb’s Population Illusions

Letter to the Chronicle

The letter to the editor published April 1 in the Daily Chronicle is here for the moment. What follows is the version I sent to the paper originally. Cohen Barnes is a sharp cookie, a local success story and a civic Energizer Bunny. We need all three. However, my aim with this letter is to… Continue reading Letter to the Chronicle

New High School Going Short on Custodians

So begins systemic neglect at the new high school — my interpretation of an article in the Daily Chronicle today: The all-day kindergarten would also be paid for by not filling four custodial staff positions at the new high school until the district has more revenue. In 2008, the Facilities Planning Committee (FPC) voted to… Continue reading New High School Going Short on Custodians