Comments on: Albany schools may face cuts this school year http://albanytoday.org/2009/01/18/albany-schools-may-face-cuts-this-school-year/ News and stories on people in Albany, CA Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ira http://albanytoday.org/2009/01/18/albany-schools-may-face-cuts-this-school-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2003 Ira Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:31 +0000 http://albanytoday.org/?p=902#comment-2003 I was surprised to read that the district is planning to make significant cuts and that Marla Stephenson apparently did not know where the money was going to come from. http://albanytoday.org/ I was very surprised by the article because last Thursday, if I heard her correctly, Marla apparently knew where to find hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for the new cafeteria. Due to cost overruns, the pool bond money cannot pay for it. For discussion purposes, here is my suggested budget 1. New outdoor pool structure $2,330,000 2. New PERMANENT CLASSROOMS, $1,800,000 3. Cafeteria, $500,000 4. Pool office space in TEMPORARY STRUCTURE, $50,000 5. Demolition $320,000 6. Soft costs, $1,000,000 TOTAL = $6,000,000 Reserves $4,000,000 The pool building structure would include a cover for inclement weather. Since El Cerrito does not have a cover, this could bring in extra revenue. The pool might be 10 lanes so that lap swimmers could use two lanes while the swim team or water polo team is using the pool. There could also be a small warm pool/therapy pool that would also have various kinds of sprays that would be attractive to small children. This would be similar to what El Cerrito has and would Berkeley is considering. I was surprised to read that the district is planning to make significant cuts and that Marla Stephenson apparently did not know where the money was going to come from.
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I was very surprised by the article because last Thursday, if I heard her correctly, Marla apparently knew where to find hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for the new cafeteria. Due to cost overruns, the pool bond money cannot pay for it.

For discussion purposes, here is my suggested budget

1. New outdoor pool structure $2,330,000
2. New PERMANENT CLASSROOMS, $1,800,000
3. Cafeteria, $500,000
4. Pool office space in TEMPORARY STRUCTURE, $50,000
5. Demolition $320,000
6. Soft costs, $1,000,000

TOTAL = $6,000,000
Reserves $4,000,000

The pool building structure would include a cover for inclement weather. Since El Cerrito does not have a cover, this could bring in extra revenue. The pool might be 10 lanes so that lap swimmers could use two lanes while the swim team or water polo team is using the pool.

There could also be a small warm pool/therapy pool that would also have various kinds of sprays that would be attractive to small children. This would be similar to what El Cerrito has and would Berkeley is considering.

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