RALLY Peoria

Every community stakeholder must be invited to the planning table at the onset of every project for as many meetings as it takes. Every stakeholder has a responsibility be treated with respect and respect each other as well as to promote unity, learn their individual duty and create our destiny together. Every stakeholder can be likened to a raindrop and "One raindrop raises the sea. -- Dinotopia"

Monday, May 01, 2006

D150 School Siting Decisions

Since March 29th's announcement of the proposed Glen Oak School site as a collaboration of Peoria School District 150 (D150) and Peoria Park District (PPD), our community has expressed concern, even outrage in some cases that a portion of Glen Oak Park would be 'shared' (if and an intergovernmental agreement is signed by D150 and PPD) for a new school site.

Many reasons have been communicated that this proposed site is not the correct site ----

* Lack of community/stakeholder input on the specific site selection --- Glen Oak Park or Von Stueben site on 11/21/05 D150 adoption with the recommendation in the Master Facilities Plan to the March 29th announcement by the D150 & PPD that the Glen Oak Park site was the final decision. How did we get to this point?

* Not a central location of the neighborhood, not a community school for East Bluff neighborhoods. How does the proposed site at the eastern edge of the East Bluff add to the 'community' value of a school that is not centrally located in the neighborhood that it is supposed to serve?

* Current Glen Oak site would work with the model as promoted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation(this report) --- review Public Planning and Community Participation.

* Lack of walkability for the students (K-8) from the western edge of the East Bluff to this proposed location.

* Lack of walkability for the families and seniors to be served at the proposed site.

* Potential additional costs for bus transportion of students. How will higher fuel bills cut down on D150's fuel bills with the announcement that gas prices should continue to rise for up to three years?

* Not a prudent or community accepted idea for the PPD to share any more land from Glen Oak Park (or any PPD park land) with D150, suggested violations of the Open Meetings Act (OMA).

* Traffic concerns at the Corner of Prospect and Frye of young (K-8) students having to negotiate a busy intersection to arrive or depart from the proposed campus.

* Concerns about a new school being located across the street from a convenience store selling alcohol

Additional concerns?

posted by KEAlms/SAPartridge @ Monday, May 01, 2006

1 Comments:

At Monday, May 01, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wait until the first kid drowns in the lagoon. Then we will lose that when they fill it in.

Not only does the convenient store sell liquor (not that an 8th grader with a fake ID is going to fool anyone), but people in the neighborhood joke (even though it's not a joke) that there is as much "business" conducted outside the store as in it.

 

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