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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding of why Discovery had as many bells and whistles as it has was that the cost of construction when it was contracted was very low. (And maybe Ashlawn as well?) So that they were able to get some pretty nice things under good market conditions. Then the market changed, so that when McKinley's addition was bid out they were expecting to get more than they were able to, thinking the market was the same, but then the bids came back very high and they had to cut a bunch of things.[/quote] This is why you don't splurge on bells and whistles when construction costs are low. You raise expectations and then people feel they aren't being treated equally later when construction costs increase. All APS cared about was showing how fancy their new school could be.[/quote]
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