INC NEWS - Please help your neighbors -- sign the petition for Kestrel Heights Charter School

[Melissa Rooney]

Good point, Pat. I'll pass it on to those who are
working on this. Incidentally, my kids go to public
elementary school Creekside (and we love it outside of
the overcrowding). But a Kestral Heights Elementary
school would sure help the overcrowding at Creekside
(currently ~60% overcapacity), as a lot of S. Durham
residents send their kids to Kestral. We do need
another option, and well before 2013. This is why I
signed the Kestrel Heights petition. I really can't
see any cons from my angle.

Cheers,
Melissa

--- Pat Carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I don't know where Kestrel Heights is, but before
> signing any petitions for expansions, we should
> check with their neighbors (if any).
> 
> Our property backs up on a private school and
> frankly, it has been 20 years of conflict with their
> aspirations for expansion (they want 50 acres of
> facilities on 15 acres), their plans to put big
> buildings looming over their neighbors so they can
> keep open spaces in the middle of their campus, and
> the multiple maintenance failures that have affected
> their neighbors.
> 
> Regards, pat
> 
> > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 18:59:58 -0800
> > From: mmr121570 at yahoo.com
> > To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
> > Subject: INC NEWS - Please help your neighbors --
> sign the petition for	Kestrel Heights Charter School
> > 
> > South Durham Middle School, Kestrel Heights, is
> asking
> > (the state board of education and Durham elected
> state
> > officials) that their charter be renewed for
> another
> > 10 years and that they receive permission to build
> a
> > new elementary school. Please read my comments
> below
> > and sign the petition (ASAP, as time is running
> out)
> > at the link below:
> > 
> > http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/kestrelheights
> > 
> > We'd like 1000 signatures by week's end to make a
> > strong statement -- please read below the reasons
> for
> > signing:
> > 
> > * While Kestrel Heights receives public money to
> > educate children (the money follows the child so
> it is
> > only a matter of who is spending it DPS or Kestrel
> > Heights) it received NO taxpayer money to build
> its
> > current middle school/high school and will receive
> NO
> > taxpayer money to build a new elementary school if
> it
> > is approved.  Capital funds are not included in
> the
> > per student allotment received by charter schools
> --
> > meaning that supporting Kestrel Heights is a
> positive
> > thing for your tax bill.  In addition, more
> > educational options just add to Durham's
> desirability
> > as a community. Let's prove that Durham CAN plan
> ahead
> > and avert this crisis before it happens.
> > 
> > * Furthermore, 3-year-old Creekside Elementary
> School
> > (where my daughter is a KG student) already has
> FIVE
> > trailers which still can't accommodate the 2007
> > enrollment of 830 students (well above the 600 it
> was
> > built for and the 540 average for the district) .
> > Where are these students going to go when they get
> to
> > 5th grade? We're going to need more than Lowes
> Grove
> > Middle School down here. 
> > 
> > [Can't help but add that the rezonings (increasing
> > homes/acre) down here in South Durham aren't
> helping
> > this situation.]
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Melissa
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >> can also sign an online petition I created
> here:
> > >>
> > >>
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/kestrelheights
> > >>
> > >> Whether or not you have children this should be
> > >> important to you.  As both Melissa and Sherri
> point
> > >> out, the DPS system suffers from over-crowding
> > today
> > >> and it is getting worse.   While Kestrel
> Heights
> > >> receives public money to educate children (the
> > money
> > >> follows the child so it is only a matter of who
> is
> > >> spending it DPS or Kestrel Heights) it received
> NO
> > >> taxpayer money to build its current middle
> > >> school/high school and will receive NO taxpayer
> > >> money to build a new elementary school if it is
> > >> approved.  Capital funds are not included in
> the
> > per
> > >> student allotment received by charter schools. 
> > This
> > >> means that supporting Kestrel Heights is a
> positive
> > >> thing for your tax bill.  In addition, more
> > >> educational options just add to Durham's
> > >> desirability as a community.
> > 
> > 
> >      
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