When will academic improvement take precedence over buildings, roofs and sports facilities?
Academic improvement is at the heart of the work proposed in the April 26 referendum. About half of the Capital Improvement Plan (which includes 8% projects and referendum projects) addresses renovations and maintenance needs, particularly roof replacement and repairs. It is challenging for a child to learn in a room with a leaky roof. It is less than desirable for half a schools population to be housed in portable classrooms. There is a wrestling room provided in the plan for Battery Creek High and physical education multi-purpose rooms for fitness at two elementary schools but there are few other major projects that are athletics in nature.
