100 Black Men OK Program GEMS, etc. SUGGESTIONS FOR COMBINING FACILITIES INTO J.A. FAIR Generally, the community thought it made sense to shift the Henderson and Dodd systems into a newer facility, but there was much less enthusiasm for including Romine. Losing a neighborhood school in a growing area of the city was unpopular to many respondents. Henderson Middle 206 Dodd 196 Romine 136 Are these REPURPOSING OF FACILITIES that are affected by the new Fair K-8 SENSIBLE? Henderson: Henderson: Sell some Dodd: Romine: Romine: Sell property west Sports District of land teacher Crisis of Romine for Complex Admin. around STEM & PreK Center development Henderson PD 142 170 94 112 140 93 127 As the community reflected on future repurposing of facilities that could become components of a new J. A. Fair school, there were concerns about the cost implications for repurposing Henderson: for many, re-using it for District administrative uses was the most sensible idea. The sports complex had great appeal but the price-tag and sustainability challenges were troubling. Most responses about selling district land in the surveys were seen as sensible but in the open-ended feedback, they were mostly negative! As in other sections of the survey feedback, there were extreme concerns about selling any facilities to Charters. Henderson I like the repurpose idea but not the price tag. A only makes Henderson centralized sports complex sense if you then do not build gyms at every site. I could agree with this as a cost saving measure but $50 million is pretty steep and I suspect the district would still have to maintain current buildings/gyms/tracks/soccer...it is expensive. .. I am all for this type of facility but not under the Educational system's budget. County and city officials with donors and grants need to build, staff and maintain these type services. Your job is education. A public venue for health and recreation would be nice. I like Henderson as the sports complex. not in a densely populated residential area so It’s repurposing is ok. Facilities along interstates and in convenient walking distance for residents aren’t should be considered for repurpose As long as the focus is benefiting for all students, any improvement is welcome and needed. Turn Henderson into a sports complex strictly for 6-8 grades. We have enough basketball don’t courts or baseball fields for kids in these grades. If used by the public it will get in bad shape it’s
100 Black Men OK Program GEMS, etc. SUGGESTIONS FOR COMBINING FACILITIES INTO J.A. FAIR Generally, the community thought it made sense to shift the Henderson and Dodd systems into a newer facility, but there was much less enthusiasm for including Romine. Losing a neighborhood school in a growing area of the city was unpopular to many respondents. Henderson Middle 206 Dodd 196 Romine 136 Are these REPURPOSING OF FACILITIES that are affected by the new Fair K-8 SENSIBLE? Henderson: Sports Complex Henderson: District Admin. Sell some of land around Henderson Dodd: teacher STEM & PD Romine: Romine: Crisis Center Sell property west of Romine for development 142 170 94 112 140 93 127 As the community reflected on future repurposing of facilities that could become components of a new J. A. Fair school, there were concerns about the cost implications for repurposing Henderson: for many, re-using it for District administrative uses was the most sensible idea. The sports complex had great appeal but the price-tag and sustainability challenges were troubling. Most responses about selling district land in the surveys were seen as sensible but in the open-ended feedback, they were mostly negative! As in other sections of the survey feedback, there were extreme concerns about selling any facilities to Charters. Henderson I like the Henderson repurpose idea but not the price tag. A centralized sports complex only makes sense if you then do not build gyms at every site. I could agree with this as a cost saving measure but $50 million is pretty steep and I suspect the district would still have to maintain current buildings/gyms/tracks/soccer...it is expensive. .. I am all for this type of facility but not under the Educational system's budget. County and city officials with donors and grants need to build, staff and maintain these type services. Your job is education. A public venue for health and recreation would be nice. I like Henderson as the sports complex. It’s not in a densely populated residential area so repurposing is ok. Facilities along interstates and aren’t in convenient walking distance for residents should be considered for repurpose As long as the focus is benefiting for all students, any improvement is welcome and needed. Turn Henderson into a sports complex strictly for 6-8 grades. We don’t have enough basketball courts or baseball fields for kids in these grades. If it’s used by the public it will get in bad shape PreK
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