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Boa 44 PAGE ' 34 <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD FACE UP TO <br />TRUE COSTS, AND IF THAT IS WHAT IT COSTS TO PUT A SCHOOL IN THERE, <br />IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED RATHER THAN TRYING TO LAY IT OFF ON SOMEONE <br />ELSE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REPORTED THAT DR. BURNS DID SAY THEY <br />RECOGNIZE THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL <br />BOARD AND THE COUNTY IN CONSIDERING SITES AND THAT IN THE FUTURE. <br />THE COUNTY WOULD BE MADE PART OF THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED THAT WAS GOOD NEWS, AND HE DID <br />BELIEVE THE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD <br />HAVE IMPROVED. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS CONFIRMED THAT AT THE MEETING WITH <br />THE SCHOOL BOARD THEY WENT INTO ALL THE DETAILS, AND HE TRIED TO <br />REVIEW WITH EVERYONE THERE HIS PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT THE THINGS <br />THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS IN THE BUILDING OF THE SCHOOLS. <br />HE NOTED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD FINDS THEMSELVES IN THE POSITION OF <br />HAVING TO COMPLETE PLANS FOR THE SCHOOL, AND THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE <br />SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THOSE ROADS WILL HAVE TO BE IMPROVED. <br />THEY HAVE PROGRESSED TO THE POINT OF BEING CLOSE TO THE LETTING OF <br />THEIR CONTRACTS AND STARTING OFF. THE ADMINISTRATOR BELIEVED THE <br />PROPOSAL OUTLINED BY CHAIRMAN SIEBERT LOOKED LIKE THE FAIR SOLUTION, <br />OR ACTUALLY ABOUT THE ONLY SOLUTION AT THIS POINT. HE DID FEEL <br />THAT 20TH AVENUE WOULD BE THE LOGICAL ROAD TO DEVELOP SOMETIME IN <br />THE FUTURE, BUT NOTED IF WE TRY TO WORK THIS OUT NOW, THE SCHOOL <br />WILL BE OPENING AND WE WON T HAVE ANY ACCESS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE HAS VOICED HIS CONCERN, <br />BUT IF THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN GET, HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE SHARED THE CONCERN. SHE <br />NOTED THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS MUCH SMALLER AND <br />WE WERE THRILLED TO GET ANY SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL WAS RIGHT IN THE <br />MIDDLE OF TOWN: NOW THE SCHOOLS ARE MOVING OUT FURTHER, AND WE ARE <br />CAUGHT UP IN THE EVER CHANGING RULES AND REGULATIONS. SHE WAS DE- <br />LIGHTED WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SCHOOL <br />BOARD AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS, AND BELIEVED WE <br />SHOULD LET ALL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE <br />OF WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD. <br />34 <br />