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Indeed it would. No doubt about that. 4 times as much?
Could be. Who knows if the number quoted in the Williamstown article is the bottom-line? They haven't had to commit the number to a bond issue yet, and the discussion of the bond issue already doubled that number.
I do know that I could sell my home for double what it would cost me to buy a much larger home with twice as much land in Williamstown.
Is the point of the thread comparing construction costs?
Part of the discussion is whether or not spending $40 million dollars is a wise use of money. Is this needed or is the system using the tragedy to fill their Christmas list?
Is the point of the thread comparing construction costs?
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Originally Posted by pknopp
Part of the discussion is whether or not spending $40 million dollars is a wise use of money. Is this needed or is the system using the tragedy to fill their Christmas list?
It seems like that cost was very high. Was there no other good option for the site?
It seems like that cost was very high. Was there no other good option for the site?
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From many miles away it's hard to tell. While I questioned the generalization, bUU is correct in that it's possible that the school wasn't worth remodeling like they did in Columbine.
The school was scheduled to be torn down before the 'shootings' occurred. Where were all of the kids that day? There weren't a lot - any - to be seen in video footage.
Yep, no shootings, nothing to see, move along...
Except it was more than that. Look at the photos of the school. We can agree to disagree, but to my untrained eye, Sandy Hook looked more like our old 50 year old elementary school, here in town, the one we pulled down a couple of years ago, than it looked like the even-older elementary school, here in town, which, because it was built better, is still standing.
The new elementary school we built cost 26 million, and serves 275 students. Sandy Hook is in an area where costs are a little higher than they are here, but not terribly so.
I think it is important to know how much things cost when deciding whether or not something costs a reasonable amount. A bargain-hunting rush to the bottom isn't going to serve our children well, or serve the people working in our economy well either.
That's $94,500.00 per student. I can't even believe that you think that is in line!!!
Is it strange to demolish a whole school because a crime was committed on or inside it?
Who is really paying for this?
And does that not raise speculation that there was something to hide?
(Incompetence of government?)
No it is not strange. No it doesn't raise speculation there was something to hide. The site needs to become a memorial garden or something. I would never expect students or teachers to enter the building again.
As to paying for it, this one they can pay for with my tax dollars and you will hear no complaints from me. It's the right thing to do.
That's $94,500.00 per student. I can't even believe that you think that is in line!!!
And I cannot believe that you're using such ridiculously arbitrary means to determine what is and isn't a reasonable budget for a building in a city you probably know nothing about, in terms of construction
Regardless, your math is inanely myopic. It's $1,891 per student per year. Maybe where you live elementary school students spend their entire lives in elementary school but around here the children learn, grow and move onto other stages of their lives, and other children come after them.
Incidentally, it should be noted that the budget for both schools (the new school in Newtown and the new school here in town) include the cost of demolition of the old school, and more importantly, the cost of disposal.
I have been in situation where people died through out my life ,reasonable people move on , emotional abusers tend to make every one else pay for their feelings.
This behavior is typical of liberals , it doesn't hit the media all the time but I live in the most liberal state in the nation and see it often enough personally.
The more people make a big deal out of something the more they fell a right to make every one else carry the load ,rather than learning to deal with grief and moving on..
I lost family members and friends all my life, and it's not going to stop , it is part of reality .
Third world countries deal with death regularly on their doorsteps ,none of this nonsense goes on over it there.
I tend to agree with the idea there is something to cover up ,it won't fix the emotional trauma in the kids now that he parents are making a bigger deal out of it .
Kids will build a trauma that gets them excuses the rest of their life and not mature as adults .
As was pointed out by some one else ,being any where with similar surroundings will bring back memories .
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