Comments on: HLWW middle school: renovate current building or build new? http://www.hjblogs.com/hlww-middle-school-renovate-current-building-or-build-new/ HJblogs.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: two detours a day http://www.hjblogs.com/hlww-middle-school-renovate-current-building-or-build-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 two detours a day Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:14:38 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=1016#comment-1021 also if the new building passes and when they tear down the old part than they could put in a small boiler that would not cost so much and they never talked about air conditioning just air quality standards that need to be improved if the new building fails. also if the new building passes and when they tear down the old part than they could put in a small boiler that would not cost so much and they never talked about air conditioning just air quality standards that need to be improved if the new building fails.

]]> By: two detours a day http://www.hjblogs.com/hlww-middle-school-renovate-current-building-or-build-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 two detours a day Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:08:12 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=1016#comment-1020 from what I understand is that if the new building vote fails than no new middle school. I went to the meeting that they held at the high school,and they said if it fails thats it. they will not spend 7 million on the old building. they said the state would not allow that because they could build a new school for 1 million more unless we as tax payers would vote to save the building but than we would need a 60% passing rate and than the school board could probably spend what ever they wanted now that is a scary thought huh? from what I understand is that if the new building vote fails than no new middle school. I went to the meeting that they held at the high school,and they said if it fails thats it. they will not spend 7 million on the old building. they said the state would not allow that because they could build a new school for 1 million more unless we as tax payers would vote to save the building but than we would need a 60% passing rate and than the school board could probably spend what ever they wanted now that is a scary thought huh?

]]> By: Tom http://www.hjblogs.com/hlww-middle-school-renovate-current-building-or-build-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Tom Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:56:16 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=1016#comment-1011 In the latest article on the HLWW middle school. Board member Dan Schaible stated with reagard to the current middle school boiler, "If the boiler went out we would have no place to go". The main issue seems to be the heating and cooling system in the existing middle school. We are also told that if we build a new middle school by the new high school then the plan is to tear down the old middle school but leave the Humphery Gym and the building on the south side of the middle school. Nice plan but what about that same boiler doesn't that run the parts of the building that are left standing? And if so why would we build a new middle school for $7 million and leave the Humphery Gym and southern part of the old building with the old boiler? Someone is not telling the whole story. In the latest article on the HLWW middle school. Board member Dan Schaible stated with reagard to the current
middle school boiler, “If the boiler went out we would
have no place to go”. The main issue seems to be the
heating and cooling system in the existing middle school.
We are also told that if we build a new middle school by
the new high school then the plan is to tear down the old
middle school but leave the Humphery Gym and the building
on the south side of the middle school. Nice plan but what
about that same boiler doesn’t that run the parts of the
building that are left standing? And if so why would we
build a new middle school for $7 million and leave the Humphery Gym and southern part of the old building with the old boiler?
Someone is not telling the whole story.

]]> By: HikingStick http://www.hjblogs.com/hlww-middle-school-renovate-current-building-or-build-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 HikingStick Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:41:07 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=1016#comment-1004 At this point, it seems that voters are faced with a choice: allocate funds to build a new middle school structure in the near term, or wait for the district to decide when health and safety funds will be tapped to repair the current structure. If we're going to see the hit on our taxes one way or another (since the health and safety funds--if my understanding is correct--come through state coffers and taxes), then I'd rather see the funds invested in a new structure, even through the individual property owner's share of the hit from the health and safety funds may well be less than that of a direct levy. If I accept that building a new middle school is a preferred course of action, then there is a new set of questions must be considered: 1) What will happen to the current middle school building? 2) If there are hopes of eventually converting it into a Howard Lake elementary school (by eliminating the central, two-story portion of the structure), how will that transition be funded? 3) If additional funds would be needed for that transition, when would that levy be proposed? 4) Since construction costs will likely only increase as the years go on, why are we not adding funds for the conversion to the middle school levy proposal. At this point, it seems that voters are faced with a choice: allocate funds to build a new middle school structure in the near term, or wait for the district to decide when health and safety funds will be tapped to repair the current structure. If we’re going to see the hit on our taxes one way or another (since the health and safety funds–if my understanding is correct–come through state coffers and taxes), then I’d rather see the funds invested in a new structure, even through the individual property owner’s share of the hit from the health and safety funds may well be less than that of a direct levy.

If I accept that building a new middle school is a preferred course of action, then there is a new set of questions must be considered:

1) What will happen to the current middle school building?
2) If there are hopes of eventually converting it into a Howard Lake elementary school (by eliminating the central, two-story portion of the structure), how will that transition be funded?
3) If additional funds would be needed for that transition, when would that levy be proposed?
4) Since construction costs will likely only increase as the years go on, why are we not adding funds for the conversion to the middle school levy proposal.

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