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[quote=Anonymous]This has gone on a bizarre tangent. When we build new schools, they should reflect the latest in architectural innovation. Fleet will be gorgeous and I guarantee that no one will be bitching about that school. And seriously - Sciebce Focus - can’t you just stop already. Are you demanding that your 150 FARMS kids should get their own special funds? It’s  great that 150 ED kids are at ASFS, but that is a drop in the bucket and you do have a huge amount of privilege. To deny that fact is absurd and shows how out of touch your community is.

We have many very old schools throughout the county. South AND North. It is too bad that we are having to spend so much of our funding on building new schools instead of being able to fix basic issues at our older schools.

So - give that, can we please consider not wasting precious funds on things like moving a science lab that clearly should be considered a donation to APS - or to change school names and signature. I’d rather have AC that works or holes that are plugged up so that we don’t have mice infestations. That’s the reality. Vanity projects can be paid for by PTA or private donors.

And as for playground envy. Grow up. There is a standard budget given to a school when it is built for playground. Of course, there are more choices now and probably at better. Prices. Each school gets funds to refresh their playground at regular intervals. I think it is about every 15-20 years, so it may take a while, but there is a standard policy. Some schools have done cool things for free like bringing in sections from trees that have been felled. Kids can have fun with lots of different materials. They are more creative than adults and don’t necessarily need to have a formal play structure to have fun.[/quote]

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