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Today's Poll!Building bond issue may loom for Jefferson City schools next year
Lou Mazzocco directs JCHS sophomore students as they wait to pick up their photo identification cards at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year. School district officials are studying the demographics of Jefferson City as the student population continues to grow. Photo by Julie Smith.
Monday, January 24, 2011
As soon as April 2012, Jefferson City School District patrons could be asked to approve a bond issue to build one or two new elementary schools and a second public high school, or a major expansion of the current high school complex.
Superintendent Brian Mitchell said, the district must make some decisions about buildings, even if a consultant’s predictions of adding from 500-3,000 more students over 10 years are too optimistic.
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wcywing 2 years, 4 months ago
i doubt this will happen, JC has always been cheap and slow to upgrade or build new schools. it has hurt JC in many subtle ways.
JCLifer 2 years, 4 months ago
JC needs to move quickly to figure out how to knock down Simonsen and the old high school and replace them with two new high schools!
wcywing 2 years, 4 months ago
they would have a hard enough time just building a school, much less building two schools and tearing down two buildings. it took forever just to add airconditioning to the high school. they finally added it a year after i graduated, around 1995 if i remembered right. that is a long time ago.
JCLifer 2 years, 4 months ago
Someone was wise enough to build two middle schools. It was done before-- that means it can be done again!
wcywing 2 years, 4 months ago
this is true, however before that, any proposal to build a middle school was shot down. this was in the 80's and early 90's until of course the two middle schools were built.
in my opinion, for what its worth, cause JC to suffer in the long term. hopefully they can build some more schools and of course with the proper teachers, technology etc to succeed.
Gotigers 2 years, 4 months ago
I don't think 2 high schools are the answer.
Gotigers 2 years, 4 months ago
We thought building 2 middle schools would be the answer, but in fact it has only created more problems according to my teaching friends. The problem is bigger than that.
wcywing 2 years, 4 months ago
how did it create more problems?
JMO 2 years, 4 months ago
True or not, most people believe the only reason we still have one high school is that they don't want to dilute the athletic talent. Heaven forbid we don't have a fabulous Jay's football team. The high school is overcrowded and I doubt Simonsen was ever intended to be a permanent solution.
Gotigers 2 years, 4 months ago
The last time we won a football title was the 90's!!!! Helias, a smaller school, just whipped us twice in basketball last week. I can't believe anyone would still think we are trying to keep the sports teams the way they are. It should all be about learning and educating our children.
JCLifer 2 years, 4 months ago
Columbia will soon have four (4) high schools and there is a good chance that each one of them will be whipping JC's butts!
JMO 2 years, 4 months ago
Didn't say that the belief was well-founded, just that it's what most of the people I know believe. All the money poured into the stadium didn't help that belief die either. Personally, I wish they'd spend that kind of money on textbooks.
JCLifer 2 years, 4 months ago
Maybe the best answer is to kick out all the Callaway County kids from JCPS. Let them go to New Bloomfield or Fulton instead.
bluesfan13 2 years, 4 months ago
That's rather arbitrary, considering that part of Jefferson City is IN Callaway County.
JCLifer 2 years, 4 months ago
How many JC residents live in Callaway county? More than 10?
Gotigers 2 years, 4 months ago
Callaway County has some of our best and brightest kids. It would hurt our district to lose them.
pegassuss2525 2 years, 4 months ago
Many districts have added a second high school and kept their sports teams just as strong. Some have added a second high school and actually had both become powerhouses. Many have used the same facilities (stadium, etc.) for several years while they save the money to build new ones. It can be done and needs to be done. Step up, and get it done.
Gotigers 2 years, 4 months ago
I think part of the issue is that there are already 2 teams that use the field--JC and Helias. In addition, JC doesn't even have its own soccer, baseball or softball field. Regardless, shouldn't this discussion be about ACADEMICS and graduating our children? That should be the focus. Just my opinion.
wcywing 2 years, 4 months ago
i have heard the reason for one public school is to keep JC a 5A school. however you are right about the education focus. JC was always slow getting new schools and/or upgrades. this has hurt JC more than anything else, i could be wrong though.
while Columbia seems to get a new school whenever they want too. without much effort.
gofish 2 years, 4 months ago
Second HS yes, more elementary schools no. They should be separate bond issues when put on a ballot.
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