They tried to pass a $108.7 million bond measure here a few years ago to build a new high school. It didn't pass, but they have already said that they are going to try it again.
Leading up to the bond measure the district instructed maintenance personnel to only work on items that were a direct threat to student safety, so they purposefully neglected routine maintenance and allowed things to fall into disrepair in order to justify the need for a new school.
You should see the shit they try and pull in my town. The local news is in on it. Every 3 or 4 years (I've since stopped watching TV) they would talk about raising taxes for a school bond, wtf. So, the news program would show one of those removable ceilings, with the foam boards that are in 2X2 sections. They would show a long electrical cable hanging down onto a desk. Amusingly, they used this same shot each time, just 3 years apart! One legislator got so disgusted that he said "Let's give them $1, so they can get one of those foam boards and get that cable back into the ceiling!"
One of my clients is a school. They intentionally run low voltage cables down the outside of the wall to make the building appear inadequate. It could easily be installed professionally behind walls and without warping drop ceiling tiles over time but they want it “temporary” and it stays like this forever.
Sadly, the school is in better shape than my high school back in the day.
Used to live in that shithole town. Wouldn't surprise me that they rushed the project even under advice not to. City counsel is full of corrupt individuals.
Florence
Ah. Seaside just spent $100,000,000 on a new school, and it's sliding down the hill.
They tried to pass a $108.7 million bond measure here a few years ago to build a new high school. It didn't pass, but they have already said that they are going to try it again.
Leading up to the bond measure the district instructed maintenance personnel to only work on items that were a direct threat to student safety, so they purposefully neglected routine maintenance and allowed things to fall into disrepair in order to justify the need for a new school.
You should see the shit they try and pull in my town. The local news is in on it. Every 3 or 4 years (I've since stopped watching TV) they would talk about raising taxes for a school bond, wtf. So, the news program would show one of those removable ceilings, with the foam boards that are in 2X2 sections. They would show a long electrical cable hanging down onto a desk. Amusingly, they used this same shot each time, just 3 years apart! One legislator got so disgusted that he said "Let's give them $1, so they can get one of those foam boards and get that cable back into the ceiling!"
One of my clients is a school. They intentionally run low voltage cables down the outside of the wall to make the building appear inadequate. It could easily be installed professionally behind walls and without warping drop ceiling tiles over time but they want it “temporary” and it stays like this forever.
Sadly, the school is in better shape than my high school back in the day.
The local newspaper here was pushing the school bond hard as well. They did multiple articles and editorials on it.
Used to live in that shithole town. Wouldn't surprise me that they rushed the project even under advice not to. City counsel is full of corrupt individuals.