IN:Fort Wayne:5408
From StimulusWatch.org
[edit] General Description
Please help improve this project page by replacing this text with a description and other factual information about the project. Don't know much about the project? Call your local government and ask for details. Large urban school districts, such as Fort Wayne Community Schools (more than 31,000 students with 64% receiving free/reduced-price lunch), have a significant need for infrastructure improvements. Many of the facility challenges are due to the age of the district's 64 buildings. The majority were constructed 40 to 50 years ago when the Baby Boom generation entered school. They are well maintained and have not been neglected, but over time they are simultaneously facing needs for major renovations and improvements. As equipment ages, it is becoming increasinlgy expensive and inefficient to maintain with parts for some equipment impossible to find. The $301,000,000 in projects are broken down below. The first 30 buildings would receive infrastructure improvements, such as plumbing, electrical, heating/air conditioning and windows. The remaining three buildings would help consolidate buildings for long-term savings.
School Name, Year Built, Project Cost
1. Abbett Elementary School, 1949, $5,726,530 2. Adams Elementary School, 1924, $5,709,381 3. Arlington Elementary School, 1975, $7,387,437 4. Blackhawk Middle School, 1972, $11,827,341 5. Bunche Early Childhood Center, 1972, $3,504,747 6. Croninger Elementary School, 1966, $7,162,494 7. Fairfield Elementary School, 1962, $9,664,983 8. Glenwood Park Elementary School, 1965, $5,782,945 9. Haley Elementary School, 1969, $7,157,349 10. Harris Elementary School, 1968, $8,596,085 11. Harrison Hill Elementary School, 1924, $13,983,005 12. Irwin Elementary School, 1927, $4,792,199 13. Jefferson Middle School, 1967, $11,092,003 14. Lane Middle School, 1964, $10,356,610 15. Lindley Elementary School, 1970, $4,798,078 16. Maplewood Elementary School, 1956, $6,392,215 17. Memorial Park Middle School, 1966, $13,084,302 18. Miami Middle School, 1976, $14,304,339 19. Nebraska Elementary School, 1964, $638,000 20. Northwood Middle School, 1959, $8,798,118 21. Price Elementary School, 1953, $6,907,561 22. Shambaugh Elementary School, 1963, $7,555,466 23. Shawnee Middle School, 1975, $15,217,429 24. St. Joseph Central Elementary School, 1936, $6,288,272 25. Towles Intermediate School, 1959, $14,499,251 26. Washington Center Elementary School, 1951, $8,159,323 27. Washington Elementary School, 1929, $638,000 28. Waynedale Elementary School, 1971, $5,378,031 29. Weisser Park Elementary School, 1964, $9,537,365 30. Young Early Childhood Center, 1972, $4,814,881 ------ 1. New Elementary School/Consolidation, $20,033,200 2. Scott Academy, 1955, replace existing school and consolidate, $20,671,200 3. Study Elementary School, 1926, replace existing school and consolidate, $20,671,200
[edit] Points in Favor
Can Fort Wayne turn down the 900 jobs this project creates?
I understand this issue about taxes being raised to pay for funding school construction. But does the Stimulus money used to start and complete the project not solve that problem?
Secondly, at the rate people are losing jobs, homes, and hence the property tax, aren't those left having to pay that share as well? Wouldn't it be better to keep people employed, have the projects funded by the stimulus and try to turn this around?
