I know you aren’t a lawyer, i thought maybe you had learned something about this as part of your research. I agree that wasn’t the intent…I happen to live in the affected ward and the school would be racially relevant to me. However, I am still opposed due to population and economic issues. I also can’t help but think that the minute the…
I know you aren’t a lawyer, i thought maybe you had learned something about this as part of your research. I agree that wasn’t the intent…I happen to live in the affected ward and the school would be racially relevant to me. However, I am still opposed due to population and economic issues. I also can’t help but think that the minute the new and modern school building is in existence, the demographics will change even more… I was here during Dr. Coffin’s tenure when the bussing plan was adopted and at the time, the white parents were not on board with bussing their kids out. The plan that was implemented was going to be the only way to desegregate the schools. This was the same bs that created redlining and every other policy that benefited the affluent white residents. This said, creating a segregated school is not the answer. I don’t really know if there could ever be a right answer. I just know we don’t have the money for this and I don’t want a bigger burden on my family just so my kids can walk to school for 5 years, because the financial implications will last much longer than that. Especially when the current board and admin are long gone, the ward further gentrifies, and no one cares about the school, just the millions in debt we are paying for it long after my kids graduate from college. I have been told I am a glass half full person, but this is how I see it. And I’m not alone here in the neighborhood.
Yes, and not to mention that the whole thing was rejected by voters in 2012 and this entire effort is a fundamentally anti-democratic effort to undo the will of the voters. It's not unreasonable to have another referendum, though..
I think the legal stuff is unknown, not because I'm not a lawyer (I AM just a local idiot) but because it's actually untested legal waters. The whole basis for the lease certificate is that the IL Debt Reform Act supercedes the School Code when it comes to funding construction .. but like, I see no evidence why this is actually true besides claims from various District and Wall St. lawyers, being paid to say that. I don't think anyone has ever really sued and had a court rule on whether this is actually a legitimate funding mechanism. The case in Wheaton settled long before reaching that point.
I think if someone sued, literally anything could happen because there's not a ton of law on this. There is really no lease certificate situation like this before in the history of Illinois. Evanston, always the political innovators..
I know you aren’t a lawyer, i thought maybe you had learned something about this as part of your research. I agree that wasn’t the intent…I happen to live in the affected ward and the school would be racially relevant to me. However, I am still opposed due to population and economic issues. I also can’t help but think that the minute the new and modern school building is in existence, the demographics will change even more… I was here during Dr. Coffin’s tenure when the bussing plan was adopted and at the time, the white parents were not on board with bussing their kids out. The plan that was implemented was going to be the only way to desegregate the schools. This was the same bs that created redlining and every other policy that benefited the affluent white residents. This said, creating a segregated school is not the answer. I don’t really know if there could ever be a right answer. I just know we don’t have the money for this and I don’t want a bigger burden on my family just so my kids can walk to school for 5 years, because the financial implications will last much longer than that. Especially when the current board and admin are long gone, the ward further gentrifies, and no one cares about the school, just the millions in debt we are paying for it long after my kids graduate from college. I have been told I am a glass half full person, but this is how I see it. And I’m not alone here in the neighborhood.
Yes, and not to mention that the whole thing was rejected by voters in 2012 and this entire effort is a fundamentally anti-democratic effort to undo the will of the voters. It's not unreasonable to have another referendum, though..
I think the legal stuff is unknown, not because I'm not a lawyer (I AM just a local idiot) but because it's actually untested legal waters. The whole basis for the lease certificate is that the IL Debt Reform Act supercedes the School Code when it comes to funding construction .. but like, I see no evidence why this is actually true besides claims from various District and Wall St. lawyers, being paid to say that. I don't think anyone has ever really sued and had a court rule on whether this is actually a legitimate funding mechanism. The case in Wheaton settled long before reaching that point.
I think if someone sued, literally anything could happen because there's not a ton of law on this. There is really no lease certificate situation like this before in the history of Illinois. Evanston, always the political innovators..