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Equity Scores!

On July 1, our Board of Education members met for the second special called meeting of the pre-holiday week to discuss funding for a Reynolds…

Proposed Plans

Fourth Down

Mediate July 4, 2021 athletics dollars field Funding Hanes Park Home Field Advantage Reynolds Salem school School Board sports Stadium taxpayer Winston

Home Field Advantage made a hard drive towards their goal of funding private designs for a Reynolds stadium and fell far short of their goal.

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Throwback Thursday

Mediate July 11, 2019 No Comments 1980's Deaton debate Reynolds Stadium

“[RJR] Stadium Hearing Raises Questions of Cost, Fairness.” Sounds familiar, but this was the title of a Journal article that ran in 1986.

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Cost per Seat: $93,240

Mediate March 15, 2019 No Comments Ashley bond construction Cost Home Field Advantage Reynolds school Spending wiley

To get the Wiley gym onto the bond (and out of their way), stadium boosters convinced WS/FCS to take on the gym construction as a rebranded STEAM classroom addition. Per seat, it’s three times the price of the average school expansion.

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RJR $6.2M – Parkland $0

Mediate March 2, 2019 No Comments Demons Reynolds Stadium

How would Parkland’s future facilities at a renovated Deaton-Thompson be different when compared with a new Reynolds stadium partially funded by parents?

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Setting Sites on Brunson

Mediate February 24, 2019 1 Comment 2016 bond Brunson Cook downtown property Reynolds site wiley wsfcs

Brunson Elementary is the residential school for the downtown neighborhoods of West End, West Highlands and parts of Ardmore. Today, due to the steadfast efforts…

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Accelerated Development

Mediate February 10, 2019 No Comments access bond Boosters concerns gym Hanes Park high school Home Field Advantage impact middle school park project Reynolds safety schedule Stadium student study timeline wiley

The Wiley gym replacement is a project of the 2016 school construction bond, the only bond in our county’s history that was approved by every…

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Field More for Less

Mediate January 26, 2019 No Comments access alternative bond budget children community dollars education educators equality equity fair field field hockey football girls high school lacrosse magnet middle school model money option parents players priorities priority Reynolds school soccer solutions sports Stadium students taxpayers teachers teams title wiley

Be a Team Player. As the Wiley gym project approaches, stadium advocates have an opportunity to build consensus rather than fuel divisions. By finding an…