What you see now is a view from my classroom window. Past the basketball court there is a track. The track will be destroyed and a brand new school will be built in its place. Part of the basketball court could be lost too, but I am not certain. Once the new building is constructed, they will add more playground and basketball courts if any are lost due to construction.I fear for the old trees out there, for the trees will be dearly missed. I will not cry too many tears when I am teaching in a new classroom that does not register 116 degrees on those hot August afternoons. I will also be dry eyed when I am not coughing up chunks of asbestoes or busting chalk on the chalkboard designed for a 3 foot tall middle school teacher.
All the way across the field you will see a trailer court. I hope that they build a burm or plant a bunch of trees to buffer the view from the new school. Whatever the deal, a new school is what the doctor ordered. I am on the new building commity and will have some say as to this and that. I am going to push for the districts first green elementary building. There has to be a lot of govt. grants out there that would soften the cost of such technologies? I am going to convince them that pump and dump geo climate control is the wrong move. A closed loop system would be better for the environment. Let's see what happens.
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Building a new school on the same lot, but not the same space, seems to be the general way to go. They did that up in Brooklyn Center; I suppose it's gotta be so kids can keep going to school while the new school is being built. They basically just flip flop the school & the playground. Added side benefit is that you end up with a totally new, often much superior, playground.
Plus, land is expensive, even in Waterloo.
Jazzed about the new school as you can imagine. Worried about this building being abandoned and just sitting until it is over ran with rats.
Off topic, but I bought a box of clementines yesterday. Not bad.
Sounds like something that would worry you.
Clementines: Good for sack lunches. Easy to peel
Just imagine how cool it would be to have an entire school converted into bat habitat. 100s of thousands could be flying out of there each evening.
I know that I am just dreaming, but it would be cool. It will probably turn into a crack house.
No running in the halls is the rule, but only 'cause you'd slip on the guano.
Good god the smell.
Yeah, but there will no mosquities for miles.
Dan, maybe we will get a zero G slide put in?
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