From: Residents of the 2012-13 River Grove Elementary School Area
Date: March 17, 2012
We strongly support the construction of an addition to River Grove Elementary School for these reasons: 1. It is much less expensive than the option to re-open Palisades School. Over 10 years, Palisades $13, 800,000 vs. River Grove Addition $2, 133,000 2. Most of today’s new home construction is located in the River Grove School Area. There is a much higher concentration of children in these new areas. 3. The Addition would bring River Grove School to a size comparable to other LO Schools. It is currently the smallest southside school. 4. No additional boundary changes would be necessary for any school. 5. Previous committees have voted to keep only three southside schools open, as this option does. Why go to the taxpayer expense of running four southside schools? 6. River Grove School has more available land than any other LO School and there is room for sufficient expansion without compromising playing fields. Considering that this option gets an A+ in every one of these areas, why was it ignored by the committee, with some members referring to it as a “Portables Option”? No other option comes close to meeting all of these criteria as this option does. Please re-open this matter and evaluate all of the options using a set of established criteria—the same for all options—to be absolutely fair in your method of choice, and to avoid personal bias. Also please change the composition of your committee to reflect an equal number of votes from residents of each elementary school area. Committee members from high school and junior high all live in east side locations. Not one is in either the Bryant or River Grove area and this gives the perception of unfairly skewing the results.
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March 21, 2012
The committee is finally starting to feel the weight of these signatures despite their silence. It has been an exhausting road to get this much attention but I am not walking away from this fight now.
Reached 100 supporters
March 21, 2012
6 Comments
THE COMMITTEE IS IGNORING THE FACTS. KEEP RIVER GROVE OPEN AND EXPAND IT.
Stop wasting our tax dollars on Palisades. It makes no sense to open an old building when we already have the space right here at River Grove.
The numbers dont lie. Why pay 13 million when you can spend 2? This is just common sense.
My kids go here and it is way too crowded already. An addition is the only way to fix this without moving kids to a different school.
Ridiculous to even consider reopening Palisades when the growth is clearly happening here. Listen to the parents for once.
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From: Residents of the 2012-13 River Grove Elementary School Area
Date: March 17, 2012
We strongly support the construction of an addition to River Grove Elementary School for these reasons: 1. It is much less expensive than the option to re-open Palisades School. Over 10 years, Palisades $13, 800,000 vs. River Grove Addition $2, 133,000 2. Most of today’s new home construction is located in the River Grove School Area. There is a much higher concentration of children in these new areas. 3. The Addition would bring River Grove School to a size comparable to other LO Schools. It is currently the smallest southside school. 4. No additional boundary changes would be necessary for any school. 5. Previous committees have voted to keep only three southside schools open, as this option does. Why go to the taxpayer expense of running four southside schools? 6. River Grove School has more available land than any other LO School and there is room for sufficient expansion without compromising playing fields. Considering that this option gets an A+ in every one of these areas, why was it ignored by the committee, with some members referring to it as a “Portables Option”? No other option comes close to meeting all of these criteria as this option does. Please re-open this matter and evaluate all of the options using a set of established criteria—the same for all options—to be absolutely fair in your method of choice, and to avoid personal bias. Also please change the composition of your committee to reflect an equal number of votes from residents of each elementary school area. Committee members from high school and junior high all live in east side locations. Not one is in either the Bryant or River Grove area and this gives the perception of unfairly skewing the results.
Updates
March 21, 2012
The committee is finally starting to feel the weight of these signatures despite their silence. It has been an exhausting road to get this much attention but I am not walking away from this fight now.
Reached 100 supporters
March 21, 2012
6 Comments
They act like portables are the end of the world but a permanent addition is a better investment for the neighborhood long term.
THE COMMITTEE IS IGNORING THE FACTS. KEEP RIVER GROVE OPEN AND EXPAND IT.
Stop wasting our tax dollars on Palisades. It makes no sense to open an old building when we already have the space right here at River Grove.
The numbers dont lie. Why pay 13 million when you can spend 2? This is just common sense.
My kids go here and it is way too crowded already. An addition is the only way to fix this without moving kids to a different school.
Ridiculous to even consider reopening Palisades when the growth is clearly happening here. Listen to the parents for once.
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They act like portables are the end of the world but a permanent addition is a better investment for the neighborhood long term.