Mediate, Author at Save Hanes Park

Fact Check School Board

Blowing Smoke

Our school board was elected to find answers and solve problems. Why are some members cranking up the smoke machine?

Reynolds School Board Wiley

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.

Reynolds

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?

Brunson Community Response

What’s Best for Brunson?

Mediate February 26, 2019 No Comments Brunson elementary

While our school district is looking to buy land for a new Brunson, it should also consider the suitable sites on school-owned land close to its current campus.

Brunson Reynolds Wiley

Setting Sites on Brunson

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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…

Proposed Plans Wiley

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…

Community Response School Board

Equality, Equity, or Exploitation

Mediate January 30, 2019 No Comments

Words like access, transparency, equality, and equity have been swirling around projects on the school construction bond. Usually, this would be a welcome and expected…

Presenting Alternatives

Stadium on the Hill

Mediate January 28, 2019 No Comments

It’s easy to think supporting a Reynolds stadium means supporting the plan to build it at Wiley. But for now that plan is nothing more…

Proposed Plans Wiley

A Wiley Scheme

Mediate January 27, 2019 No Comments bond breaking construction Demons devil example field field hockey football ground lacrosse priorities priority responsibility RJR RJR Stadium safety schedule school shovel soccer student wiley

In 2016 voters approved a school construction bond that funds a new gym for Wiley Middle School. Now members of the school board want to…

Presenting Alternatives Reynolds Wiley

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…