Fine. I'll Just Do The Darn Thing Myself, Right Here And Now.

Forget whatever notions you have about the BOE's schemes for the $206 MILLION.

The simple facts are:

• They have let the buildings get rundown - over $40 MILLION as of 2007. It's lots higher now.
• We have fewer students than ever
• Some previous construction wasn't so good

So, what the students need is buildings that are safe and conducive to education in 2013 and beyond.

There's you're problem statement.

The answer is to determine, for each of the 15 (?) buildings (including, in some way, the district office, Taylor, Coventry, and Millikin) how much do we have to spend.

And we would develop solutions that show:

• lowest cost to remediate
• lowest cost to operate
• greatest sustainability

And these four categories would be all we need to group things by:

I. Building systems:

• roofs
• windows
• boliers
• kitchens
• bathrooms

II. Building additions - Listed in detail by building. Each additions "defects" would be identified. Imho, simply being built subsequent to WW II is not a defect, but I won't be making your decision for you.

III. Grounds -  parking lots, fields, etc - It's all about safety, cost and sustainability.

IV. Other - for instance, Boulevard and Fairfax, I guess

This isn't complicated. It's not easy, either. But don't let anyone tell you it's not simple.

------- Addendum------

Once the levy is passed for the amount the community has been shown, and agrees is necessary and beneficial, a citizen (and others) committee would be established for each building (and related grounds).

These people would likely be advocates for "their" building. Or not.

Each committe would have one or two chairpersons, who were part of a district-wide buildings committee that established scopes, procedures, etc.

There would be no limits on the committee size for each building.

Then, very meticulously, the when, wheres, and hows of the project would be developed by the committees, all as recommendations to the BOE, or course.