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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't Murch #19 on the list of schools in need of renovation?  So there are 18 ahead.  That's not even counting the many charter schools that have been short-changed on facilities funding since their inception.[/quote]

Yes. Plus the Murch community had an opportunity to reduce their boundary 2 years ago.  But that apparently was not an option because an extra few blocks to Hearst would have been horrible.  So.  Horrible.  Murch easily could have shifted 100 kids to Hearst and put itself on a sound growth trajectory and needed a smaller expansion and less parking.  Yes, it would have been a longer commute, but certainly better than where we are now. [/quote]

Hearst parent here.  While shifting the boundaries might make sense for lots of reasons, it would not have made the need to renovate Murch any less dire.  Heck if you halved the size of the school or more and only needed the original building, it would still be a building that hadn't be renovated since it was first built in the 1930s.  And short of that they still have temporary trailers that they have had for decades.  Hearst was in the same situation not that long ago.  AND Hearst was jerked around by the city and made to fight for more dollars when the city said whoops what we had budgeted wasn't enough.  It is exhausting to constantly have to fight as a parent for things that your child should just get.  Like a safe school.  Happy to write in support of Murch.[/quote]

Yes, of course Murch needs to be renovated. Everyone fully agrees they deserve an excellent 21st century school and we all should be fighting for their funding.  BUT, if there had been less opposition to moving its boundaries 2 years ago then it would have required a smaller renovation.  Thus costing less and perhaps allowing them to swing on site.  Thereby, avoiding where we are today.  The Murch students who would have been reassigned to Hearst would this very day be enjoying the brand new gym and cafeteria that seems so important to their parents.

I feel bad for the Murch community.  But, they miscalculated a few years ago and now its coming home to roost.  Now everyone suffers, the students and the taxpayers of the entire city. It's unfortunate.[/quote]

I have no real dog in this fight in that my kids are beyond elementary school and went to another jklm. However, it is farcical to believe that the minor boundary realignment they were discussing would have alleviated Murch's overcrowding in a meaningful way. In addition, while they did not redistrict kids from Murch to Hearst on the south end, they did redistrict kids from Murch to Lafayette on the north end. This switch has not rendered Murch any less crowded. [/quote]

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