HHS, HMS principals spell out space shortages
March 22, 2012 at 2:27 am in Hudson Star-Observer
The principals of Hudson’s two secondary schools gave the Board of Education some specifics about what the current enrollment at their buildings means for their students. Hudson High School Principal Laura Love told board members that it goes beyond crowded hallways and lunch periods. Continue Reading
These principal reports to the school board on space issues are bizarre. The school board has known for over 10 years that there are secondary space issues. In fact, it’s been the inaction of the school board on this issue for the last 10 years that has caused the problem to escalate to this point. So why are the principals telling the school board members something they already know? You don’t suppose it’s just so that the school administration can get another propaganda article in the newspaper, do you? That would be very sneaky and conniving. Oh, that’s right, Superintendent Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten and her Propaganda Minister Tracy Habisch-Ahlin are behind this. That explains it.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Or it could be that the school needs more space, and that the district was purposefully putting off asking for more space because of the economy and that the need is now so great that action has to be taken. What option makes the most sense? Well for some logic has nothing to do with it. All that maters is their taxes going up a little or not.
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The problem is that this school board only does short-term planning. They plan for what is needed today, without thinking about what and how buildings will need to be expanded tomorrow. The best example of this is Prairie Elementary. It should have NEVER been attached to the middle school; that space should have been reserved for middle school expansion. At the time they built Prairie Elementary, land was available just to the east of the middle school site, which would have allowed both schools to use some of the athletic fields.
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That school was built way before the current school board members and superintendant where in office. Hindsight is always 20/20, so what happens if this referendum fails and then in 5 years and the community finaly agrees to a new school and then land prices have gone up, construction prices have gone up sewer hook up prices go up. In fact all prices go up and then we are kicking our self for not buying the dog track. It would seem they ARE keeping in mind the future. NOW is the time to get a great deal on a great location with existing utilities that we would otherwise have to pay for. So pay now, or pay more later. We are going to have to make our choice soon. I just hope we are happy in the long run with our choice. What ever the outcome, we as voters have ourselves to blame.
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“So pay now, or pay more later.”
That’s what they said when the bought the land on UU, and 4 years later decided it wasn’t a good place to put a school.
Yes, Prairie Elem. was built by a previous school board. My premise is the same: show me the plans for what you want to want to do today, and what you want to do tomorrow. Then I’ll decide if I agree with your proposal. The current school board can’t even plan for what they want to do yesterday.
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