"Can't Help Myself" Post

I just heard that the Partridge Road site I idealize for a school is indeed available at no charge if it's used for a school.  I understand that it's been rejected by the feasibility committee because it's not big enough.  I'm still of the opinion that six acres is big enough for a school.  It's that  community building that might not fit on a six acre site, along with a school, if many acres of parking space would then also be required.

Prayers seem like an appropriate response.

Ten acres are being offered, but part of it can not be built on because it's in a flood plain.  It could, however, be used for parking whenever it's dry--as it has been for at least two years, I believe, and as it usually is.

How big a site do people in other communities have for their school--or for a community building?  Hard data would be very welcome in this discussion.

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Here's how some of the facts are stacking  up, as I see it:

1.  No teacher is clamoring for a new school.
2.  All teachers prefer not to have a gym.  They want children to play outside.  Most Kansas days are sunny, so this should work most of the time.
3. At Center (where the grade school is presently) a need exists for an accessible fellowship area for those with mobility problems.  Some believe we could get more creative with the use of our present options and eliminate the problem, but many acknowledge it as a valid concern.  If the school moved out of Center, this would be resolved.
4.  The high school is well accommodated in its present facility.
5.  Not many people are in favor of a community building (unless they're all talking where I don't hear them).
6.  All we really need (and that may be open to debate) is a grade school.
7.  At least one older person wants to donate money and is eager to see the building project get underway.
8.  We've collected about $300,000 in a building fund--not enough yet for a grade school, as I understand.
9.  Construction will wait until enough money is on hand to finish it.

So let's take the generous old man's money--see #7--and add it to what we have and build a grade school and be "fottich dah-mit" (done with it).  If anyone wants to donate a community building all on their own (like John Mast did for the Amish), let's let them.  If that happens, let's think then about where it makes sense to put it.