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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Happy to better understand the issue and work towards a solution. What solution are you proposing? Are you requesting that the community ask the school board not to dissolve the committee? If so, let us know why having that committee is better than having three community members sit on the school board's committee.[/quote]

The current FPAC has representatives from each magisterial district.  The proposal to add hand-picked community members to the CPDC ensures most magisterial districts will not be represented.  That seems like a bad idea, since magisterial districts tend to have different needs and priorities when it comes to facilities.

I think FPAC would function better if it received clear advice on the areas where the School Board is seeking its input, with a clear commitment that Facilities staff will respond on a timely basis to each FPAC recommendation and the entire package will receive consideration by the full board at a designated work session.

It's absurd how little time the School Board spends on facilities and capital planning.  There's typically a work session that lasts about 1/2 a day before the CIP is voted on, and that work session occurs so soon before the vote on the CIP that there's no time to make any meaningful adjustments to the CIP.  They jumped to buy KAA, but most School Board members had never set foot in the building before they approved a $150-200 million purchase.  Putting three community members on a committee that only consists of a subset of board members likely will lead to some board members paying even less attention to facilities and capital planning. [/quote]

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