| Fire in another Districts High School; Could LPS survive this? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 3 2006, 12:14 PM (311 Views) | |
| Grant1 | Nov 3 2006, 12:14 PM Post #1 |
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The story below is in regards to an incidental fire that destroyed a High School in a district in North Carolina. With the mismanagement of funds, and Dr. Liepa so eager to dip into the fund equity to cover the cost of losing students, could LPS recover from an event like this? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- School Fire Leaves Students Without Classrooms GIBSONVILLE, N.C. -- A fire that began in a chemistry lab destroyed a high school, leaving more than 1,000 students without a school building for the rest of the year. A teacher spotted the fire around 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eastern Guilford High School and tried to put it out with an extinguisher, but then pulled the alarm. The school, which has 1,060 students, was evacuated, with students, teachers and other employees going to a nearby church. The cause of the fire was under investigation. The building was a total loss, said Mike Wright, deputy director of operations for Guilford County EMS. "Those kids will not go back to school there this year, there's no question," said Guilford County schools Superintendent Terry Grier, who met Wednesday night with school officials to decide what to do. "Our primary goal is to try to keep the classes together as much as we can." School administrators discussed space at other nearby high schools but did not decide where the students will go for the rest of the year. Classes were canceled for Thursday and Friday. "I just don't know what we are going to do about school or football," said Brandon Pride, 17. "I wonder if we've lost our transcripts and what this is going to mean for the rest of the year and college." The school board planned to hold an emergency meeting Friday. Gibsonville, 15 miles east of Greensboro, has about 4,600 residents. Its school district is the third largest in the state, with 116 schools, including about two dozen other high schools. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The LIe was enacted because we were so "dangerously low" in fund equity, yet they seem to have found enough budget surpluses that the fund equity can now be used to cover the loss of students this year ( and maybe several subsequent years? ). But could LPS afford to have a disaster like this happen at one of the 3 High Schools and be able to rebuild. One has to really wonder how fiscally sound our district is, and how well our finances are being managed, so we would be protected in case of a real emergency, and not a "perceived one" like the LIe. |
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| fyi | Nov 3 2006, 01:54 PM Post #2 |
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I hope the district has good insurance coverage.... LPS has plenty of vacant buildings that they could use in case of an emergency. |
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| insupport | Nov 3 2006, 02:02 PM Post #3 |
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This would be a challenge I am sure for any school district. Think of Hurricane Katrina as well. But there is insurance to cover these types of disasters and arrangements would have to be made to continue the education for the children. It would be a considerable upheaval and change for the children but unfortunately these disasters are not predictable or preventable just as disasters can and do occur in people's homes as well. |
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| fyi | Nov 3 2006, 02:15 PM Post #4 |
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Some disasters are predictable and preventable......LI. |
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| c3hull | Nov 4 2006, 03:55 PM Post #5 |
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Citizens made a much more accurate prediction of the Legacy disaster than Dr. LIEpa, the Demolition Committee, and the 5 BOE members that voted yes. It's scary that the ones making the financial decissions for LPS aren't as bright as they all would like to think.
I think we need a new Super and Finance Director to help fix this mess. Someone needs to come up with a plan ASAP before more leave next year because of the Legacy. What will the district do when the fund equity is gone in 2 more years if things remain status quo? I guess they will then tell the community they have to sell our schools to land developers. :ph43r: |
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| Grant1 | Nov 4 2006, 05:12 PM Post #6 |
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These wouldn't be the same "land developers" the district has sold or 'traded' thier properties to for the last 20 years would it? They must be drooling just sitting back and watching/waiting for this to happen. Do the names Soave and Roskelly mean anything to anyone? How about the names Stark School, Rosedale School, Career Center Properties, or the numerous land swaps and trades for useless properties to acquire marketable ones, unrecorded properties on the county tax records, etc... The fun never ends when you are the right people in the right places at the right times with the right connections |
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| Pete | Nov 4 2006, 05:39 PM Post #7 |
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No boubt there are a lot more Livonia realtors w/o connections who are PO'd at the LIe proponets. I met one passing out recall fliers who told me just that. |
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| Anna Krome | Nov 4 2006, 05:54 PM Post #8 |
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This information is pretty interesting. AK |
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| Momforone | Nov 4 2006, 11:48 PM Post #9 |
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I'm sure they are just waiting and watching to see what's next. The only thing that's in the communities favor is the economy.
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