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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plus E-H is really competing with S-H for modernization/revamp.  Those Cluster parents are way ahead in their demands so if anything gets more investment it will be S-H first. [/quote]

Actually, Eliot-Hine is revamped/modernized already, a beautiful space all around. Hopefully. Stuart-Hobson will be next.[/quote]
I don't believe this is the case.  EH is slated for a modernization in 2014 (Jefferson in 2013).  EH got a buff and scrub in 2009 as part of receiving Hine MS, but the building is still dated and lacking in significant ways.  See link:

http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_280.pdf

At the Stuart Hobson modernization event last week we heard a call to action for the SH community to advocate for significant increases in their modernization funding.  Tommy Wells said, although it shouldn't be this way, modernization funds are a zero-sum game amongst the four middle schools in Ward Six (SH, EH, Jefferson and now Shaw).  If SH wants a parking structure or an addition, then it comes out of funding for another Ward Six school.  Mr. Wells even got heckled by a future SH parent for saying this.  SH parent leaders made the case that funding levels are unfair (compared to other wards), but that seems like wishful thinking more then realpolitik.

Not that I fault the SH for doing everything in their power to get funds and make SH a better school, but let's not ignore the fact that whether or not funding SH is a good thing all depends on where you sit.[/quote]

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