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Building a new school Lou 01-23-2007
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Posted by Lou on January 23, 2007, 7:04 am
Ok, anyone here have experience with school construction? Our school
district is asking for a ton of money to build
the most abstract design of a school you have ever seen. We are a small
community and this could bankrupt the town. However, we do need more
space. I'm looking for a place to find out what the rules in school
construction might be. One big "for instance" would be,,,, Can a school
be built from the same kind of steel truss buildings that those huge
airplane hangers are constructed from? These hangers seem to stay
standing. Also I see quite a few other building being built and looking
rather good from these steel truss buildings. Has anyone been involved
in this kind of construction?
Lou


Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 23, 2007, 8:09 am

> Ok, anyone here have experience with school construction? Our school
> district is asking for a ton of money to build
> the most abstract design of a school you have ever seen. We are a small
> community and this could bankrupt the town. However, we do need more
> space. I'm looking for a place to find out what the rules in school
> construction might be. One big "for instance" would be,,,, Can a school
> be built from the same kind of steel truss buildings that those huge
> airplane hangers are constructed from? These hangers seem to stay
> standing. Also I see quite a few other building being built and looking
> rather good from these steel truss buildings. Has anyone been involved
> in this kind of construction?
> Lou

What's your connection to the project?
Has the design been approved?
Who's decision is it?
Have cost estimates been prepared?
What's the budget?
What's the building made of?
How big is it?

You may not like the design, (it could be genuinely awful) but without more
info, that could be totally irrelevant.
--


MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca



Posted by Lou on January 23, 2007, 8:30 am

> > LouWhat's your connection to the project?
I'm one of the 70% of the taxpayers who are saying no. On the other
hand we do need anothe building.
> Has the design been approved?
Only by the school board. Thay may sound final, but.......
> Who's decision is it?
Referendum votes.
> Have cost estimates been prepared?
No, this is a sore subject. Only a ballpark figure from one contractor.
The school board refuses to send it out to bid.
> What's the budget?
45,000,000 Also a sore subject seeing how residential, industrial, and
commercial builder can build the same square footage for half the
price. But since it's tax money the price goes up.
> What's the building made of?
Block and brick
> How big is it?
That, I'll have to get back to you on.
>
> You may not like the design, (it could be genuinely awful) but
without more
> info, that could be totally irrelevant.
Actually the design is award winning. It is full of wasted floor space,
unbelievable distances from the shared facilities an
very scary lengths for fire drills. It looks good but...
Lou
> --
>
> MichaelBwww.michaelbulatovich.ca


Posted by nospam on January 23, 2007, 9:37 am



> Actually the design is award winning. It is full of wasted floor space,
> unbelievable distances from the shared facilities an
> very scary lengths for fire drills. It looks good but...
> Lou


You need to boot out the local school mafia !!!

(unless you enjoy paying high taxes to subsidize the
extravagant lifestyle of your "superintendents"). In
NJ, Toms River, one of those charlatans is raking in
$225k/yr - and his cronies on the school board saw fit
to renew his contract.

There's no reason the local school mafia where you're
at should be wasting your tax dollars on an "award
winning" design. What's wrong with a basic building ?

Take those issues you raise, and get the word out!
(equate it to higher taxes, then see how quick the
support for it vanishes).





Posted by The Other Funk on January 23, 2007, 9:44 am
Finding the keyboard operational
nospam entered:

>
>
> You need to boot out the local school mafia !!!
>
> (unless you enjoy paying high taxes to subsidize the
> extravagant lifestyle of your "superintendents"). In
> NJ, Toms River, one of those charlatans is raking in
> $225k/yr - and his cronies on the school board saw fit
> to renew his contract.
>
> There's no reason the local school mafia where you're
> at should be wasting your tax dollars on an "award
> winning" design. What's wrong with a basic building ?
>
> Take those issues you raise, and get the word out!
> (equate it to higher taxes, then see how quick the
> support for it vanishes).

Toms River is pikers compared to Garfield in Bergen County.We have janitors
making > 100K.
Plus we got 2 new schools built by the state using your tax dollars. No
parking for the teachers so now they clog the local streets and parents
dropping their children off. Of course our school taxes are going up by 25%
to run the schools.
Theyy are nice looking buildings. It's a shame the builders go out of
business right after they are built so someone else has to correct the
problems.
Bob

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