[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Elementary Analysis

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Elementary Analysis
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1197692990.shtml


   This just in: District 281 has just shifted from "Scenario E" that
   would have closed two Elementary schools and a Middle school to
   "Scenario G" which just closes one Elementary school. Either way,
   Northport Elementary in Brooklyn Center will be closing. Apparently it
   needs significant maintenance.
   Perhaps the protests from Robbinsdale where the other two schools are
   located were a factor. It should be noted that this far from
   guarantees that they won't also be closed in the near future, just not
   now. Scenario G doesn't save as much money as Scenario E, so future
   cuts will be necessary barring significant new money.
   It seems obvious, perhaps deceptively so, that this could have been
   avoided by simply not building Forest Elementary, which opened in
   2005. It is in Crystal and its territory borders on Northport,
   Lakeview, plus three other Elementary schools, not counting New Hope
   Elementary that was closed in 2005.
   Maybe I will speak at the Board meeting after all.