tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895200797299787815.post-11081879660405162982007-04-23T13:57:00.000-05:002007-04-23T13:57:00.000-05:00Kent,I agree the city should be involved in this s...Kent,<BR/><BR/>I agree the city should be involved in this since the majority of the school district is located in the city and the entire city is part of the school district. I don't think the city should get involved to "stop" the plan or to facilitate growth in the Green Meadow, Lakeside, Town of Algoma areas.<BR/><BR/>I would point out again that the growth you talk about is really just a shifting of the population from the central parts of our city to the outskirts and beyond. Since some of that shifting will be to growth in the towns, I don't believe it is in the best interst of the city to promote that. As someone who lives in the Central part of our city (by choice) I also don't want to see everything shift Westward. I don't think developers care one bit about the city or the school district (and that is fine they are in business to make money selling lots) they will just build where the land is. I personally don't want to see the older portions of our city become a wasteland and I would hope our council doesn't either. <BR/><BR/>As for Casey's Meadow, maybe that is not the best choice but the other choice will have just as many, no more crying foul --- The fact is Oakwood and Traeger are over capacity and most of the schools South of the river are at or near capacity so the only choices are to build another school on the West side, which I oppose as explained above, or shift Oakwood and Traeger students to the North side schools that have capacity. <BR/><BR/>I really don't think developers should build houses for families in an area where schools are at capacity and just expect the district to make room!<BR/><BR/>As I stated before, this is NOT a matter of new growth in the district --- the enrollment is projected to decline, it is a SHIFTING Westward and I see no reason to facilitate that to the detriment of the rest of the city.Teresa Thielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097990067216672469noreply@blogger.com