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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I'll write too - but my unsolicited advice is that everyone keep Ellington and the other over budget schools out of it.

$10 million is not that much money to find in the city budget. It isn't on the Murch parents to find where the money needs to come from -- make a lot of noise and demand that they provide enough funding to bring the facility up to the norm.

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This is good advice. This is an issue of common sense. I would say it's an issue of fairness, but it is much more basic than that even. In what world does it make sense to renovate a school and not provide a cafeteria, downsize the library, and turn a playground into a parking lot? This is a clear case of being penny wise but pound foolish. There is no need to pit Murch against any other school. This is a case in which good fiscal management requires spending a bit more money.
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Devil's advocate here, but don't most charters get by without a dedicated cafeteria?  They have a combination gym/cafeteria in a multi-purpose room or all-purpose room configuration.  Not all of them have two playgrounds either, or extra-large libraries in an age when so many materials are online.  I'm not saying this is ideal, but some very good schools have been making do with less.  [/quote]

Which of those has enrollment of 730 and is not allowed to turn away students after they hit their capacity number?

That said, [b]you raise the possibility for the conspiracy theorists that Murch is being used as a pawn in the Charter litigation.  Maybe Murch should intervene in that litigation, as it is quite clear that their interests will not be served by the parties and may in fact be intentionally sabotaged.[/b][/quote]

You're gonna have to explain this particular conspiracy theory a bit further. [/quote]

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