Proposed E.O. Smith High School Sale Could Mean Expansion of South Campus
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Parents say they like the current location because it's sandwiched between the UConn campus and downtown Storrs Center, providing educational and commercial advantages for students.
Until the same parents find out their sweet, innocent, 16 year old daughter ran across a 'cute' 'hot' college guy while she was grabbing a coffee in Storrs Center during study hall who, after checking out her bra size instead of her birthdate, invited her to a party in the Jungle, which she skipped out of the house for a few days later. Then, its burn down UConn, which, of course, would result their unemployment.
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These are the same people who complain about building a bar at Storrs Center. So when the opportunity arises for your kids to get a brand new, state-of-the-art high school they say screw that. And I agree with Conehead. If I had a daughter in high school the LAST place I'd want her to spend her day is adjacent to a major university.
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Officials Looking At Options For E.O. Smith
"Once the possibility of a new school was presented, the board requested an estimate for a new school at a different location.
Following the board's request, on Feb. 2, TSKP presented four finalized options.
The three initial options remained the same, option four was the plan for a new relocated school which was estimated to cost significantly less ($35.9 million) and could be built in only two years.
All of the aforementioned prices include government reimbursement. A new school would receive 70 percent reimbursement, while construction on the current building would receive 75 percent.
Those prices would eventually be split into three and would be paid for by taxpayers in the three towns that make up the district over a period of time to be determined later, according to Cobb.
Region 19 is composed of students from Ashford, Mansfield, and Willington.
Likewise, the Region 19 Board of Education is composed of representatives from each of the towns that utilize the high school.
"After the final presentation, the board agreed that option four made the most sense, especially if the University of Connecticut was interested in purchasing our high school," said Silva.
After sending a letter to the university about possibly selling the school, Silva received a response stating that the university was interested in acquiring the property and would be willing to negotiate.
Early on in negotiations, UConn proposed a plot at the Depot Campus as a part of a possible deal, according to Silva.
"Depot was given to the university by the state about 25 years ago. It was not something the university sought. It was a state mental facility that had closed and so it came to UConn," said UConn Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Kirk. "Right now, it's a patchwork of university functions that could not fit here and abandoned property that UConn has not known what to do with for 25 years.""
Phenomenal stuff in the above link. How you can argue after reading this article that it makes sense to do anything but move the high school to Depot Campus is beyond me. Rarely these days do you find a deal that is mutually beneficial to both parties- however in this instance it would seem to be.
"Once the possibility of a new school was presented, the board requested an estimate for a new school at a different location.
Following the board's request, on Feb. 2, TSKP presented four finalized options.
The three initial options remained the same, option four was the plan for a new relocated school which was estimated to cost significantly less ($35.9 million) and could be built in only two years.
All of the aforementioned prices include government reimbursement. A new school would receive 70 percent reimbursement, while construction on the current building would receive 75 percent.
Those prices would eventually be split into three and would be paid for by taxpayers in the three towns that make up the district over a period of time to be determined later, according to Cobb.
Region 19 is composed of students from Ashford, Mansfield, and Willington.
Likewise, the Region 19 Board of Education is composed of representatives from each of the towns that utilize the high school.
"After the final presentation, the board agreed that option four made the most sense, especially if the University of Connecticut was interested in purchasing our high school," said Silva.
After sending a letter to the university about possibly selling the school, Silva received a response stating that the university was interested in acquiring the property and would be willing to negotiate.
Early on in negotiations, UConn proposed a plot at the Depot Campus as a part of a possible deal, according to Silva.
"Depot was given to the university by the state about 25 years ago. It was not something the university sought. It was a state mental facility that had closed and so it came to UConn," said UConn Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Kirk. "Right now, it's a patchwork of university functions that could not fit here and abandoned property that UConn has not known what to do with for 25 years.""
Phenomenal stuff in the above link. How you can argue after reading this article that it makes sense to do anything but move the high school to Depot Campus is beyond me. Rarely these days do you find a deal that is mutually beneficial to both parties- however in this instance it would seem to be.
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A visionary yet unknowns state official to be named later to the good people of Mansfield at some unknown point in the future, because we are stupid.
1. Everything between 44/195/32/275 can be aquired by UCONN if they want to buy it. The state with use its power on eminent domain if necessary.
2. Unless you want to pay for your new high school yourself, 100% instead of the 5%-20% that most other towns pay then it isnt staying where it is.
3. 195 is the principal artery in the area. It isn't being turned into a pedestrian mall, a bicycle rodeo ring, or a swimming pool. The campus can be refocused to minimize pedestrian crossing demand, see #1 and #2 above, and a pedestrian bridge might make sense under certain circumstances but, most likely we will plant hedge rows and median fencing to direct pedestrians to cross at the correct location. Get your head out of your phone and pay attention until then.
1. Everything between 44/195/32/275 can be aquired by UCONN if they want to buy it. The state with use its power on eminent domain if necessary.
2. Unless you want to pay for your new high school yourself, 100% instead of the 5%-20% that most other towns pay then it isnt staying where it is.
3. 195 is the principal artery in the area. It isn't being turned into a pedestrian mall, a bicycle rodeo ring, or a swimming pool. The campus can be refocused to minimize pedestrian crossing demand, see #1 and #2 above, and a pedestrian bridge might make sense under certain circumstances but, most likely we will plant hedge rows and median fencing to direct pedestrians to cross at the correct location. Get your head out of your phone and pay attention until then.
