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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do I keep hearing about a rooftop playground? So it can be even closer to the burning sun in August and June? The one in the back can be changed/improved and the front yard has lots of room for things like sandboxes. Give the neighbors proximity preference and you won't hear a peep abut the kids being noisy outside.[/quote]

That's a big "who cares."

First of all, not much playground time to worry about in August & June.  Second, why would the neighbors complain about kids being noisy outside?  What is different about having city-wide children from SWS vs. city-wide children from Prospect.  Why should the neighbors around SWS/Prospect be accommodated any differently from the neighbors around Brent or E.L. Haynes or Lafayette, etc.?

Finally, if the neighbors get proximity preference, it A) will no longer be a city-wide school, and B) will undermine L-T.

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There was a community meeting a few months ago about putting in a new playground on the grounds of Sherwood Rec Center, which is right next to Prospect.  Wouldn't a playground a few hundred feet from the school be good enough for the school to use during the day?  Why would the school need another rooftop playground?  There didn't seem to be much community opposition to a playground at Sherwood and there is a community group already organized to get money for this from the city.  This would be one less thing that the parents at SWS would have to try to secure funding for from the city. [/quote]

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