It looks like to me that it's getting too expensive to move to Eudora anyway. If you want to use the school system, all you have to do is pay the $100 out of district fee and bring your kids here anyway. Lots of parents from Lawrence and other towns are doing that now, and they don't have the enormous taxes to pay. I'm embarrassed by our school board, build buildings with an open checkbook, but, make your employees work without a contract. How much more disrespectful can you get? Just give them what they want, they deserve it, they all already underpaid.
after reading the school boards minutes, it appears that they are having Universal Construction do the work. They will more than likely bring all of their help from Kansas City. It's too bad that the school district won't insist that they use local contractors.
I don't understand why this school district likes destroying history. The great old high school that we had downtown got torn down, because they said it was unsafe. Yet when they tore it down, there were skid loaders running all over the place on all three floors. Now they want to buy a piece of property and tear down a great historic home. They are getting into the practice of building buildings, then when they don't like them, just abandon them and let them rot. The building downtown and Nottingham could both be refurbished for far less than $27 million that they are proposing for this new school. So many other school districts take what they have and remodel and preserve the history. Kansas City has a lot of old, old schools that they have refurbished and are great facilities. Even Lawrence remodeled there old high school on Louisiana Street and made it much bigger, now they are rebuilding South Jr High and Broken Arrow, they realize that they don't need more property, they fix what they have. Why is our district so unhappy with the buildings that we have given them in the past, that they have to abandon them or tear them down just because they want something new? What does this teach our children? When you get tired of something, just walk away from it and someone will pay for something new for you? Just doesn't seem right to me. Let's live with what we have for a change and preserve and take care of our history. Just a thought, though I'm sure some of the bond supporters will come up with some reason that we don't need history. Sorry, I disagree.
I can't believe anyone would vote for that bond after reading that flyer. Clearly we don't need that school, especially for that much money. I just wonder how many can afford all of the increases that the city has put on us and the increases to come. I know that I can't, I'm broke too.
Looks like Sperling needs some new researchers. Eudora hasn't even reached the 6000 mark quite yet on population. According to that post, we have nearly 8000 here. Where are those people living at?
With the addition of the race track, the Legends, all the restaurants, the T-Bones stadium, and now the new waterpark, Wyandotte County has actually REDUCED taxes for 3 consecutive years. They must be doing something right.
Actually you were paying $9.60 per month, then $3.40 per month was added to pay for the cost of the trash cans and to pay for the installation of a waterline to the compost and brush pile area.
MoneyWatch, I agree, it doesn't seem that anyone is saying that they don't need the room, just not this plan. I'd bet some other farmers would sell 46 acres on the south side of town for $43,000 per acre. WOW, that's expensive. What about the sewer lines on the east side of town, I know they just put a new one in over there, but was it sized to accomodate a school? Looks like more foolish spending to me, just like in the past.
What are the kids on the west side of town supposed to do? I mean from 10th and Church to the west and North. These kids will probably walk to school, and we are talking about K-5th graders. Walking down 10th street to the west to get to school, along a busy road, with no sidewalks?
Granted, some people drive there kids to school, but a lot of kids do walk. With 1000 kids going to this school, how many more cars will that put on Peach Street and 10th Street every morning and afternoon? 400? 600?
Why would people living in that neighborhood, when Peach Street is already so busy, want that many more cars on their streets? Doesn't seem very safe for our smallest kids in school, does it?
The original plan when the school district purchased the LARGE piece of property to the south of town, was to build a future elementary school there. I guess that's not good enough now, so we need to build another school on another busy road? Why do we need to spend $2,000,000 on 46 more acres when we already own lots of property on the south side of town that is only being used to grow grass on. Building another building there, like originally planned, would cut down on the grounds care cost as well as it would eliminate so much grass that they are currently mowing. How many times have you seen the mowers driving around, not actually mowing or mowing so little that it is just wasting fuel.
Sooner or later, this district HAS to quit wasting so much money or the poor and the elderly are not going to be able to afford to live here anymore. Looks like some people think that it is time for them to leave. Say NO to more wasteful spending. Make them use what we already have. Make them provide sidewalks to the west school and the middle and high schools that we currently have. Are we going to wait until we get some kids hurt or killed before we get them out of harm's way?
I'm really surprised that this thread has been able to be on the forum at all. But, if something happens to the mayor, or he cannot finish his term, Lori Fritzell would be the interim mayor, she is the council president.
The Facts
It looks like to me that it's getting too expensive to move to Eudora anyway. If you want to use the school system, all you have to do is pay the $100 out of district fee and bring your kids here anyway. Lots of parents from Lawrence and other towns are doing that now, and they don't have the enormous taxes to pay. I'm embarrassed by our school board, build buildings with an open checkbook, but, make your employees work without a contract. How much more disrespectful can you get? Just give them what they want, they deserve it, they all already underpaid.
November 18, 2007 at 6:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Well it was a close one....
after reading the school boards minutes, it appears that they are having Universal Construction do the work. They will more than likely bring all of their help from Kansas City. It's too bad that the school district won't insist that they use local contractors.
November 6, 2007 at 10:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Is this numer right ? 46 Acres For a new school
I don't understand why this school district likes destroying history. The great old high school that we had downtown got torn down, because they said it was unsafe. Yet when they tore it down, there were skid loaders running all over the place on all three floors.
Now they want to buy a piece of property and tear down a great historic home. They are getting into the practice of building buildings, then when they don't like them, just abandon them and let them rot. The building downtown and Nottingham could both be refurbished for far less than $27 million that they are proposing for this new school.
So many other school districts take what they have and remodel and preserve the history. Kansas City has a lot of old, old schools that they have refurbished and are great facilities. Even Lawrence remodeled there old high school on Louisiana Street and made it much bigger, now they are rebuilding South Jr High and Broken Arrow, they realize that they don't need more property, they fix what they have.
Why is our district so unhappy with the buildings that we have given them in the past, that they have to abandon them or tear them down just because they want something new? What does this teach our children? When you get tired of something, just walk away from it and someone will pay for something new for you?
Just doesn't seem right to me. Let's live with what we have for a change and preserve and take care of our history. Just a thought, though I'm sure some of the bond supporters will come up with some reason that we don't need history. Sorry, I disagree.
October 28, 2007 at 3:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
40 Million More Dollars WHATS UP ????????????
I can't believe anyone would vote for that bond after reading that flyer. Clearly we don't need that school, especially for that much money. I just wonder how many can afford all of the increases that the city has put on us and the increases to come. I know that I can't, I'm broke too.
October 27, 2007 at 5:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Simple Math -Monthly Utilities and Taxation
Looks like Sperling needs some new researchers. Eudora hasn't even reached the 6000 mark quite yet on population. According to that post, we have nearly 8000 here. Where are those people living at?
October 25, 2007 at 9:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Is this numer right ? 46 Acres For a new school
With the addition of the race track, the Legends, all the restaurants, the T-Bones stadium, and now the new waterpark, Wyandotte County has actually REDUCED taxes for 3 consecutive years. They must be doing something right.
October 23, 2007 at 8:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Trash cans??
Actually you were paying $9.60 per month, then $3.40 per month was added to pay for the cost of the trash cans and to pay for the installation of a waterline to the compost and brush pile area.
October 23, 2007 at 6:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Is this numer right ? 46 Acres For a new school
MoneyWatch, I agree, it doesn't seem that anyone is saying that they don't need the room, just not this plan. I'd bet some other farmers would sell 46 acres on the south side of town for $43,000 per acre. WOW, that's expensive. What about the sewer lines on the east side of town, I know they just put a new one in over there, but was it sized to accomodate a school? Looks like more foolish spending to me, just like in the past.
October 19, 2007 at 7 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Is this numer right ? 46 Acres For a new school
What are the kids on the west side of town supposed to do? I mean from 10th and Church to the west and North. These kids will probably walk to school, and we are talking about K-5th graders. Walking down 10th street to the west to get to school, along a busy road, with no sidewalks?
Granted, some people drive there kids to school, but a lot of kids do walk. With 1000 kids going to this school, how many more cars will that put on Peach Street and 10th Street every morning and afternoon? 400? 600?
Why would people living in that neighborhood, when Peach Street is already so busy, want that many more cars on their streets? Doesn't seem very safe for our smallest kids in school, does it?
The original plan when the school district purchased the LARGE piece of property to the south of town, was to build a future elementary school there. I guess that's not good enough now, so we need to build another school on another busy road? Why do we need to spend $2,000,000 on 46 more acres when we already own lots of property on the south side of town that is only being used to grow grass on. Building another building there, like originally planned, would cut down on the grounds care cost as well as it would eliminate so much grass that they are currently mowing. How many times have you seen the mowers driving around, not actually mowing or mowing so little that it is just wasting fuel.
Sooner or later, this district HAS to quit wasting so much money or the poor and the elderly are not going to be able to afford to live here anymore. Looks like some people think that it is time for them to leave. Say NO to more wasteful spending. Make them use what we already have. Make them provide sidewalks to the west school and the middle and high schools that we currently have. Are we going to wait until we get some kids hurt or killed before we get them out of harm's way?
October 18, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Who is in favor of removing our Mayor & Administrator
I'm really surprised that this thread has been able to be on the forum at all. But, if something happens to the mayor, or he cannot finish his term, Lori Fritzell would be the interim mayor, she is the council president.
October 13, 2007 at 3:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )