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School Board scratches plans for Kimberton school
The Phoenixville Board of School Directors Thursday evening dropped its plans for construction of a new elementary school on property across Cold Stream Road from the Kimberton Superfund Site.
The Board’s resolution to “abandon Kimberton Elementary School construction plans” passed by a vote of 6-2. Jill Slawecki, Mary Croke-Parris, Debbie Dawson, Paul Slaninka, Lisa Starczewski and Board President Mark Casaday voted to kill the project; William Mea and Keith Wickstrom voted against the resolution. Joshua Gould was absent.
“A lot of work went into this thing,” Casaday said. “But the building of a new school should be an occasion for everyone to be happy. This issue became devisive. It became a terrible situation that I hope is rectified by our vote tonight.”
Superintendent Dr. David Noyes estimated that some $3.8 million had been spent in the site’s purchase, in facility design and on environmental issues to date.
“I’m speechless,” Phoenixville Coalition of Concerned Citizens’ Donna Jackson said after the vote. “I am proud of our Board. They stepped up. They did the right thing.”
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G.E. “Skip” Lawrence
The Board’s resolution to “abandon Kimberton Elementary School construction plans” passed by a vote of 6-2. Jill Slawecki, Mary Croke-Parris, Debbie Dawson, Paul Slaninka, Lisa Starczewski and Board President Mark Casaday voted to kill the project; William Mea and Keith Wickstrom voted against the resolution. Joshua Gould was absent.
“A lot of work went into this thing,” Casaday said. “But the building of a new school should be an occasion for everyone to be happy. This issue became devisive. It became a terrible situation that I hope is rectified by our vote tonight.”
Superintendent Dr. David Noyes estimated that some $3.8 million had been spent in the site’s purchase, in facility design and on environmental issues to date.
“I’m speechless,” Phoenixville Coalition of Concerned Citizens’ Donna Jackson said after the vote. “I am proud of our Board. They stepped up. They did the right thing.”
Posted by
G.E. “Skip” Lawrence
posted by The Phoenix Files at
12:15 AM
4 Comments:
How about Board President Casaday (and the rest of the Board Members, indeed), explaining why they spent $3.8 million before deciding it was a bad project.
HOW bout you just go away
Shucks. I guess that we should all be grateful that the PASD Board stopped before they put more money into what was apparently going to be a failed project.
At the same time, I think it's legitimate to ask why they went $3.8 million into a project before abandoning it.
And what will the Board do to try to salvage some value or cash back from the $3.8 million that was spent?
$3.8 million is still real money.
It is time for the taxpayers to hold the school board and administrators responsible for the decisions made with taxpayer dollars. Is there any Value added reason to spend this money. We need better teachers not state of the art athletic fields.
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