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That seems like a lot of school for a
city with a population of ~10,000.Considering the kids will all be zooming their classes from their bedrooms it may be overkill.
i'm seeing that verona *does* have a new highschool that is being built/was built to open this week, but i'm not finding any of these photos or anything that looks as over-the-top as all this. where'd you find these?
That seems like a lot of school for a city with a population of ~10,000.
Wikipedia shows the school has just under 1600 students.
That's a lotta lot of school.
I'd assume it's a regional school not just for Verona.
The photographs were taken by john Hart for the State Journal.
If I learned anything from 80s movies, these giant campuses can only lead to lead to alienation and punk rock.
no, i provided a link so people could, like, find it =P
Gosh, why didn't I think of that instead of going to all the trouble to bring it here. :smack:
also, the answer to the "why tf built a school that size for 1600 students" seems to be, per wikipedia:
...VAHS has 22 athletics programs and a staff of 65 coaches...
Notable alumni:
Casey FitzRandolph, gold medalist speed skater at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
Nick Schmaltz, member of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL (2016-present)
Jack Skille, member of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL (2016-present); former member of the Chicago Blackhawks (2007-2011), Florida Panthers (2011-2013), Columbus Blue Jackets (2013-2015), and Colorado Avalanche (2015-2016)
Derek Stanley, former NFL wide receiver with the St. Louis Rams (2007-2009)
Eric Studesville, assistant coach with the Denver Broncos (2010-present); he was the interim head coach for the last four games of the 2010 season
Neil Walker, gold & silver medalist swimmer at the 2000 Summer Olympics; gold & bronze medalist swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics[27]
Seems to me the enclosed Roman Colosseum, two pools, barbells and stationary bikes is an over reaction to a few athletes excelling in their chosen field.
That's fine except everyone pays no small price for it.
Goes along with the national preoccupation with anything to distract from doing something useful.
They redid my old high school a few years back. Not quite as impressive as that, but a lot more impressive than I expected.
also, the answer to the "why tf built a school that size for 1600 students" seems to be, per wikipedia:
Still only 1600 students. they could have 1600 athletics programs, but it wouldn't change the number of students.
oh, dont get me wrong, i agree it's stupid. but its a moderately wealthy seeming area as far as google tells me and i bet everyone in the Madison area who wants a kid to grow up and play for the Canucks or Rams is gonna try and move into this district if they aren't already. my guess is that this is an example of runaway sports spending, and then they had to throw in some other fancy stuff to justify the pools and stadia and weight room etc.... but hey, maybe the voters of the district really do want whats best for their kids? 180mil is a lotta dough to cough up, but,
It's also common for school districts to put extra money into the facilities of one campus, and then tell students at other campuses to go there. So for example, all the intramural swim meets between high schools might be held there. If there are neighboring school districts close by, it can even be profitable. One rich part of Austin incorporated into its own district, and then charged a rental fee for schools in the main city district to use their fancy theater, pool, etc. Our orchestra performed on their stage several times because the best our school could offer was a cafeteria.
oh, dont get me wrong, i agree it's stupid. but its a moderately wealthy seeming area as far as google tells me and i bet everyone in the Madison area who wants a kid to grow up and play for the Canucks or Rams is gonna try and move into this district if they aren't already. my guess is that this is an example of runaway sports spending, and then they had to throw in some other fancy stuff to justify the pools and stadia and weight room etc.... but hey, maybe the voters of the district really do want whats best for their kids? 180mil is a lotta dough to cough up, but,
Yes. Maybe they know something we don't know. When there was talk around here of a new tech park that would become the silicon valley of the east, there was a lot of speculative spending (widening the corridors and adding new lanes) When things didn't become quite as silicon valley-esque as was hoped there ended up being a lot of empty upscale shopping plazas, empty dry cleaners, high-end asian fusion restaurants, and McMansion ghettos.
This area used to be a barren paved area in the middle of the school, open in order to let light into the classrooms, but pretty uninviting at the bottom.
Now it's the grand entrance, plaza, and dining area.
Word on the street is much of that High School money is coming from Epic.
Epic Systems Corporation, or Epic, is a privately held healthcare software company. According to the company, hospitals that use its software held medical records of 54% of patients in the United States and 2.5% of patients worldwide in 2015.
They had already kicked in for a new library and some other town projects.
One of our local High Schools has a single donor who does a lot.
https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2016/01/12/maine-endwell-billionaire-movie-company-legendary-sold/78672528/
He fixed up the sports facilities but nothing as nuts as Verona. It turns out he went to Lil' Griff's college.