http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/09/28/local-parents-want-a-two-site-option-or-the-status-quo/ Media and news from the original river city Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:32:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/09/28/local-parents-want-a-two-site-option-or-the-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-94471 Ramble On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:38:48 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2007/09/28/local-parents-want-a-two-site-option-or-the-status-quo/#comment-94471 Wait 'til the Kingman forum. Then the "public" will want 3 smaller elementary schools. It is a real shame that three struggling neighborhoods will end up at odds with each other. Of course we all want our neighborhood schools. One does not have to go very far back in Peoria's history to take a look at the impact of the loss of a school. Urban Renewal (laughing hysterically) took down the old Lincoln School and the area just south of downtown suffered tremendously. The concept of neighborhood ended. Children were bussed from the old Warner Homes and nearby areas to Charter Oaks, Northmoor, Mark Bills and I think, Rolling Acres. The neighborhoods in question already face many problems and each would benefit from the stabilizing effect of a new neighborhood school. My children are out of school (and out of Peoria), but my neighborhood is my neighborhood, and I, like many others, still care very deeply about our homes and the neighborhoods surrounding them. No real winners here, not the neighborhoods or the school district. Wait ’til the Kingman forum. Then the “public” will want 3 smaller elementary schools. It is a real shame that three struggling neighborhoods will end up at odds with each other. Of course we all want our neighborhood schools. One does not have to go very far back in Peoria’s history to take a look at the impact of the loss of a school. Urban Renewal (laughing hysterically) took down the old Lincoln School and the area just south of downtown suffered tremendously. The concept of neighborhood ended. Children were bussed from the old Warner Homes and nearby areas to Charter Oaks, Northmoor, Mark Bills and I think, Rolling Acres. The neighborhoods in question already face many problems and each would benefit from the stabilizing effect of a new neighborhood school. My children are out of school (and out of Peoria), but my neighborhood is my neighborhood, and I, like many others, still care very deeply about our homes and the neighborhoods surrounding them. No real winners here, not the neighborhoods or the school district.

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