“West Spring Street School is now the Hampton Inn. That’s a nice little use of space next to the interstate,” Snyder said. “Why would you want a school there anyway? But when we did that, there was emotion. But that’s a higher and better use.”
Reading Bruce Hibbard's and Brad Snyder's comments in the Sunday Tribune is like being given access to the Saturday Night Live sketches that weren't provided airtime the night before and understanding why others were chosen.
How did people so socially inept ever get to be in charge of a public school corporation?
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I can totally understand why they dont really know what to do with the schools. I mean, with 4 days between the announcement to close them and the vote, its hardly time to figure those things out. Perhaps why tabling the decision for 30 or 60 days might have been a reasonable suggestion.
It continues to be offensive that any objection to their plans is dismissed as reactionary emotionalism when neither of them have demonstrated an understanding of the economic and social context in which they operate.
Can someone make a long distance call to Mildred Wilson, she needs to be involved in all of this.
Oh, sorry Randy I did another drive by without asking your permission.
lawguy - yep.
Jeff - yep.
EP - What???
The Silver Street ADA compliance thing has been an issue for a long time. A few years ago, while Silver Street got extreme minimal capital projects attention, they invested millions into their General Services building on East Market. Then they decided the East Market facility still wasn't good enough for them and bought the property on Grant Line Road (investing who knows how much into that facility). The $2.5+million East Market property was then sold to Life Springs for $425,000.
So after years of saying they needed to close Silver Street due to "issues" such as ADA compliance - I won't be at all shocked to see them invest significant funds into the facility to use as offices. It's amazingly sad to see where their priorities are.
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