Murch moving to lafayette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I attended my local ANC meeting last week on another matter. I was surprised to hear this discussion. They are currently setting up a trailer city outside lafayette to use while it is being remodeled. Apparently once that renovation in complete there is talk of leaving the trailers and having Murch move into them while it is renovated. Apparently this would save the city something like 7 million dollars instead of recreating the trailer set up again over near murch.

Which ANC?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a good idea. There is no space on the Murch grounds for swing space and any commercial location nearby would probably lack outdoor facilities unless it was near a park. The Lafayette property is plenty large; with some staggering and having play time in shifts, this could work well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a good idea. There is no space on the Murch grounds for swing space and any commercial location nearby would probably lack outdoor facilities unless it was near a park. The Lafayette property is plenty large; with some staggering and having play time in shifts, this could work well.

I'm a PP and Agree. And, as different prior poster noted, swing space will already have been constructed and in place from the Lafayette renovation. And I think timkmg would work out, as lafayette renovation is scheduled to end around the time the Murch renovation is scheduled to start.

[Anonymous]

Deal gets 1400 in and out everyday. I get it that these are younger kids so less traveling in their own but if you do busses to/from Murch (stragglers are on their own) this could be done easily. XDay could stay in place. I guess the after school activities would have to be figured out. Maybe more buses when those end?

[Anonymous]

Insane/will never happen. The Lafayette community is geared up for one year of adventure, not 2, and would revolt if the promised awesome new facility including the baseball field was not all sparkly and new in fall 2016. Recognize also that the surrounding community values and uses the field, and would absolutely not support keeping trailer city for another year.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like Murch posters are for and Lafayette against...

[Anonymous]

This will not happen. DGS has confirms that it is indeed a rumor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Murch posters are for and Lafayette against...

Lafayette family here. Would support idea if logistics could be worked out i.e. staggered schedules. It does make some sense with respect to facilities, renovation, costs etc. Uncomfortable, for sure but we all need to make sacrifices for the greater good.

[Anonymous]

Only because this is upper NW does a $7 million savings idea get put up for debate. If these were two Ward 7 or 8 schools getting millions of tax money, people would tell anyone complaining about accommodating trailers for an extra year to put up with it and shut up. Such entitlement and privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only because this is upper NW does a $7 million savings idea get put up for debate. If these were two Ward 7 or 8 schools getting millions of tax money, people would tell anyone complaining about accommodating trailers for an extra year to put up with it and shut up. Such entitlement and privilege.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only because this is upper NW does a $7 million savings idea get put up for debate. If these were two Ward 7 or 8 schools getting millions of tax money, people would tell anyone complaining about accommodating trailers for an extra year to put up with it and shut up. Such entitlement and privilege.

+1.

Only on DCUM would people take anonymous reactions to an unverified rumor and turn them into a slam on a whole section of the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only because this is upper NW does a $7 million savings idea get put up for debate. If these were two Ward 7 or 8 schools getting millions of tax money, people would tell anyone complaining about accommodating trailers for an extra year to put up with it and shut up. Such entitlement and privilege.

Hahaha oh this is classic DCUM. Good one PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will not happen. DGS has confirms that it is indeed a rumor.

Thank goodness. That would be spectacularly unfair to ask the community to do this. Take one look at trailer city and you'll see. It's not a lot of space for 700 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will not happen. DGS has confirms that it is indeed a rumor.

Thank goodness. That would be spectacularly unfair to ask the community to do this. Take one look at trailer city and you'll see. It's not a lot of space for 700 kids.

Don't get started on what's unfair ....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will not happen. DGS has confirms that it is indeed a rumor.

Thank goodness. That would be spectacularly unfair to ask the community to do this. Take one look at trailer city and you'll see. It's not a lot of space for 700 kids.

Yes, this was my concern. The concept makes sense, but when you look at the actual space involved, it's not nearly as much as people think. It totally works for a year as relo for Lafayette's kids. But 700 kids in a building and 700 more in that space would be tough--impossible without really sharp planning, which I'm not confident DGS is capable of.