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[quote=Anonymous]I don't mind MPSA existing as a program, but I do think as an options program it needs to go where it's best served by the county overall. If you don't move it now, you are basically making a promise to spend $50 million on a new building for it later, and that seems crazy to me when we could spend $1-2 million now to move to open seats we already have somewhere else. That's the bottom line.

Yes, there will be a lot of angst over making those shuffles, but there always is, because boundary adjustments are terrible and we all know that.

We easily recoup that $1-2 million in savings at the CC site with an easier build.

Honestly, if MPSA is not in favor of a move, it kind of surprises me, because having a school with no greenspace next to a construction site for half my kid's elementary education doesn't sound that great to me. Plus the building is apparently in such poor shape APS thinks it needs to be torn down -- and certainly MPSA complained a lot about the building when they moved in.

Any school they would move to is probably at most 15 minutes from the current building, and in better shape, and with more outdoor space. So I think it makes sense.

APS is not known for making sensible decisions, however, so I'm not holding my breath. But if I had a kid there, I would for sure be wanting to move to a new school vs. being at a construction site.[/quote]

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