Forum Reader Wrote:
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> Anonymous Wrote:
> > Forum Reader-
> >
> > Here is the press release from FCPS. Your point
> 3
> > is wrong according to 4th paragraph
> >
> > ... The 2005-09 CIP includes changes in a number
> of
> > project schedules, due in part to the
> successful
> > execution of a private-public partnership
> > agreement that has accelerated the construction
> of
> > a new south county high school. The partnership
> > has made it possible to plan the opening of the
> > school three years sooner than anticipated
> while
> > saving the school system more than $25.5
> million
> > as a result of development proffers and reduced
> > construction costs.
> >
> > “The south county partnership agreement has had
> a
> > tremendous impact on Fairfax County Public
> Schools
> > and the Fairfax County community,” said Fairfax
> > County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendent
> Daniel
> > A. Domenech. ...
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> Anonymous,
> Do you buy stuff just because it is on sale?
> Even if you don't need it?
> Even if you already have too much of it?
> Even though you don't have enough money for other
> stuff that you DO need and that you promised your
> kids they could have?
>
> “ 'The south county partnership agreement has had
> a tremendous impact on Fairfax County Public
> Schools and the Fairfax County community,' said
> Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)
> Superintendent Daniel A. Domenech." No doubt about
> that.
>
> The FY 04 CIP added SCSS. Because the County CIP
> budget is capped, when a $63M+ project like SCSS
> bumps into the line, everyone else is bumped
> back.
>
> The 2006 CIP (proposed FY 2006-10 CIP) shows these
> expenses for SCSS:
> Prior years: $7,413,600
> FY 2006 $20,308,800
> FY 2007 $25,515,000
> FY 2008 $9,818,000
>
> "Doing it sooner saves money" applies even more to
> renovations. The FY 99 CIP estimated the South
> Lakes renovation would cost $31,833,000 with
> planning in FY 02 and 03 and work to start in FY
> 04.
>
> This 2006 CIP that shows the $63M+ for SCSS, all
> paid in FY 2008 or earlier, also shows the South
> Lakes renovation was delayed two years, with the
> major work in FY 06 to 08. Meanwhile, the cost
> more than doubled to $63M.
>
> For another effect of SCSS bumping into line go
> to:
>
http://www.fcps.edu/woodsonhs/renovation/renovateh
> ome.htm
> At the bottom is a picture of what the Woodson
> community was told it was getting with its
> renewal. The big addition is a huge new
> auditorium. The caption says, "This virtual tour
> was prepared in 2004 to show features of the
> Woodson renovation including a proposed new
> auditorium. The new auditorium is still planned
> but construction cost increases require that we
> consider scope changes to this and other capital
> projects. The Woodson renovation will be bid with
> options that will include renewing the existing
> auditorium and expanding the space provided for
> arts in lieu of the new auditorium. We hope that
> this change will not be required but it would be
> fiscally imprudent to not be prepared to deal with
> bids that might exceed the renovation budget."
>
> FCPS ran out of CIP money and overcrowded Woodson
> is not getting its new auditorium.
A school for the Southern area of the County was on the CIP long before 2004.
The cost of the South Lakes renovation did not double in a two year period.
Your statement that it wasn't needed before 2008 (or ever needed) clearly is wrong, isn't it?
You believe FCPS projections for 5 years out, but don't believe their press release?