tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post4203187519613896610..comments2024-03-28T07:02:16.110-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Guest Column: Art HoffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-39551544644145312172011-12-15T18:54:52.826-08:002011-12-15T18:54:52.826-08:00I think we should really reconsider all our option...I think we should really reconsider all our options in light of how much our assumptions for the ECCL are being challenged. The failure to have significant meetings on the budget short-fall constitute the worst sort of hiding our collective heads in the sand.<br /><br />Need I add that cost over-runs on public projects are the norm? Or that there is no "cushion" anymore, if every there was one?Michael Webberhttp://conditionemeryville.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-81024013074814165162011-12-13T08:38:07.084-08:002011-12-13T08:38:07.084-08:00NOTE TO READERS-
The brackets, [ ] in Mr Hoff'...NOTE TO READERS-<br />The brackets, [ ] in Mr Hoff's piece were added by me for clarification for those who may not know about Emeryville's middle school, the Ralph Hawley campus. The claim that the middle school is abandoned is made by me, not Mr Hoff. I used the term abandoned because the school has been closed as an educational campus for the Emery School District some years ago. Now it is being rented out occasionally for other uses.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-24347311049934696552011-12-13T08:29:35.134-08:002011-12-13T08:29:35.134-08:00I wouldn't call the Ralph Hawley site abandone...I wouldn't call the Ralph Hawley site abandoned, right now that property brings in ~$500k to the district each year.<br />So moving back into that site is going to be another hit to the schools funds, aside from the overhead costs.<br />Running three schools at once is what killed the district. Shutting down Ralph Hawley is what saved the district the first time around. We just DO NOT have the enrollment numbers to support three schools.<br />Unless the district recommits to doing community outreach with enrollment, it's all a pipe dream, ECCL, Ralph Hawley. None of it will be sustainable without enrollment numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-3897061795547072182011-12-12T20:38:40.182-08:002011-12-12T20:38:40.182-08:00Finally, someone with knowledge speaks out. Mr.Hof...Finally, someone with knowledge speaks out. Mr.Hoff is right. Plus, the ECCLis a pioneering experiment, to be funded by substantial public money that we don't have. Wake up Emeryville! The State is broke; and Emeryville is looking to spend its way into the same abyss. That's OUR money. Doesn't anybody care? I would wager that none of the advocates would risk any of their own funds on such uncertain projection(s). This is not the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com