While we are focusing on Horton we might be missing what the Board is doing now. 1 the closing of Bessie Rhodes and how many students we will lose then. 2. The talk of closing either Willard, Orrington, or Lincolnwood and the flood of students that will leave 3. The repair work needed at many schools 4 The ridiculous amount of administra…
While we are focusing on Horton we might be missing what the Board is doing now. 1 the closing of Bessie Rhodes and how many students we will lose then. 2. The talk of closing either Willard, Orrington, or Lincolnwood and the flood of students that will leave 3. The repair work needed at many schools 4 The ridiculous amount of administrators hired particularly in the communications area so “ their” message gets out 5. The updated plans for this new school with new lighting and track and field What amount of money will be available to give the teachers a much deserved raise while high priced administrators sit in their relatively new building able to eat lunch whenever they want, chat with each other, use the washroom whenever they want etc.
Hold on and stay tuned, I have much more important stories I'm working on related to almost all those things! I keep getting distracted by stupid insane things like this story
It's my understanding that the TIF only covers the outdoor track, in full. D65 will be paying for half of the cost of the outdoor lights, which are estimated at $50,000 - $70,000 total. So another $25,000 - $35,000 was tacked on to the Foster School costs. However, in his memo Kirby Callam writes, "This addition will not increase the overall budget of the Foster School project. We plan to allocate contingency funds for this purpose, which we are increasing through value engineering changes currently in development and scheduled for presentation to the Board in September."
Oh boy, even more value engineering. This building is going to be made of so much cheap crap I'll be surprised if it doesn't need major renovations in 10 years.
While we are focusing on Horton we might be missing what the Board is doing now. 1 the closing of Bessie Rhodes and how many students we will lose then. 2. The talk of closing either Willard, Orrington, or Lincolnwood and the flood of students that will leave 3. The repair work needed at many schools 4 The ridiculous amount of administrators hired particularly in the communications area so “ their” message gets out 5. The updated plans for this new school with new lighting and track and field What amount of money will be available to give the teachers a much deserved raise while high priced administrators sit in their relatively new building able to eat lunch whenever they want, chat with each other, use the washroom whenever they want etc.
Hold on and stay tuned, I have much more important stories I'm working on related to almost all those things! I keep getting distracted by stupid insane things like this story
I agree w all of this but I believe the city is picking up the bill for the track/lighting? I think that’s what I read?
This is correct - the Five Fifth's TIF (which D65 initially opposed vehemently!) is actually paying for it.
It's my understanding that the TIF only covers the outdoor track, in full. D65 will be paying for half of the cost of the outdoor lights, which are estimated at $50,000 - $70,000 total. So another $25,000 - $35,000 was tacked on to the Foster School costs. However, in his memo Kirby Callam writes, "This addition will not increase the overall budget of the Foster School project. We plan to allocate contingency funds for this purpose, which we are increasing through value engineering changes currently in development and scheduled for presentation to the Board in September."
Memo: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1247?meeting=648193
Thank you for this, I didnt realize this!!
Oh boy, even more value engineering. This building is going to be made of so much cheap crap I'll be surprised if it doesn't need major renovations in 10 years.