{"id":4622,"date":"2014-04-01T22:11:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2014-04-01T22:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:11:56","slug":"high-school-update-is-phase-1-enough-or-should-it-be-1-5-or-1-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4622","title":{"rendered":"High School Update: Is Phase 1 Enough, or Should it Be 1.5 or 1.99?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"stapleton<\/a>The budget issues<\/a> for the new Stapleton High School<\/a> have become a major priority for Stapleton residents. Such a priority that residents have come together to help move the project forward more quickly.\n\u201cDPS was not making the appropriate contingency plan, so we had too,\u201d said Kate Bolsem. \u201cWhat we are proposing is using some of the contingency fund built in from the original bond meant for all the bond projects to make sure our project gets done first and foremost,\u201d said Bolsem. \u201cThen, when the Stapleton High School<\/a> is completed to our satisfaction, the remainder of that contingency fund can be used for any of the other projects where necessary. It just makes sense.\u201d\n\nThe plan most certainly makes sense to Stapleton residents. \u201cThis school is the reason I voted for that bond in the first place,\u201d says Luke Wolf. \u201cHell, I don\u2019t even know what else was included.\u201d Amanda Albertson agrees. \u201cA high school is about educating kids. Is there anything else on that bond about educating kids? Seriously, I\u2019m asking, I don\u2019t know.\u201d The school<\/a> is such a priority to Stapleton residents, many feel Phase 1.5 just isn\u2019t enough.\u201d\n\u201cThere\u2019s something about Phase 1.5 that makes me feel like we\u2019d only be halfway to phase 2,\u201d said concerned resident Jason Walker. \u201cWe can do more. So, some of us put together an alternative to Phase 1.5, which we are calling Phase 1.99. Basically, it is a completed Phase 2 without the shrubbery around the school. We can always put that in later,\u201d says Walker. Walker is unsure where the money will come from to complete Phase 1.99, but has confidence it will happen. \u201cI mean, there are a lot of white voters in Stapleton,\u201d says Walker. Have you seen the response to a smoke detector going off here? Ten fire trucks show up immediately. This school issue is a fire waiting to happen. You don\u2019t think some politicians will get together to figure out how to throw money at the Stapleton voters? Phase 1.99 will happen.\u201d\nDPS officials are adamant the current plans will remain. \u201cWith all due respect to Stapleton residents, we put a lot of time and careful thought into this roll out,\u201d said DPS Superintendent Boasberg. \u201cThey are really taking high-maintenance to a new level. We will have plenty of seats for the kids, they will be fed, taught, have extracurricular activities, etc. Just give us a little room to do our jobs.\u201d Boasberg says the best support the community can give the school right now would simply be giving DPS a little space. \u201cWe need to start devoting more time to getting actual work done and less time to placating concerned residents,\u201d says Boasberg. \u201cYou give us the time and respect, and we will give you a quality product.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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