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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A Humanities magnet or any other magnet is not something you do when the budget looks so tight.  It doesn’t save any money.

KAA is placed precisely where a new HS has been proposed for decades.  It can solve many issues in the western part of the county. Its cost is far less that a new school or even an expansion of an existing school would cost. Plus, it saves time - it’s here- no need to expand other schools in the area, no need to acquire  land and build. Time also saves money- especially with inflation.

Will it be a perfect solution? Of course not, so that means there will be plenty of things to pick at and try to derail it - if one so chooses.  So, we do not have to worry about not having anything to discuss. [/quote]

So the budget is tight enough that we can’t afford a magnet but not tight enough that we can’t rush into a surprise $150 million new school?

Seems pretty inconsistent if you ask me.[/quote]

A magnet cannot miraculously open overnight.  It requires the extra time and money to create a progrsm that students will want to attend, plan the curriculum, hire specialist teachers, develop an application process, screen applicants, etc, etc.  They cannot fill 4 or even 3 grades in the first year because Sophomores through Juniors are not going to apply for the magnet in any significant number.  Very upperclassmen will want to switch high school mid stream for a new untested program.  So then, you are looking at starting the new magnet school with just a freshman class, perhaps not even a full freshman class.

It will be 4 or 5 years before the magnet program is full enough to actually be a capacity school.

A magnet would be a complete waste of time and taxpayer dollars.

Standing up an actual high school, particularly if it can be done in a way that makes most or all of the middle schools in that area into single feeder schools, is the most responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

A bonus would be if this process of opening the new high school also results in a restructuring of the renovation queue, cancelling or downsizing some of the projects in that area, and either saving the funds or redirecting the money to schools lower in the queue like Lewis that are desperately in need of updates.[/quote]

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