Karla, Andy and those so inclined - and still interested - Has anyone made an attempt to look at increased capacity/demand of COA, LEAP and Parks and Rec due to the proposed Town Rezoning? The Rezoning Deck posted earlier this AM includes a chart on LPS School Enrollment - demonstrating what could be absorbed within current # of class sections and within the space limitation of (1) additional section per grade. A majority of the allowable increase can be absorbed within the current number of class sections - 187 of a 267 total. Beyond debate and disagreement about numbers, perhaps a larger lesson to be gleaned is that the school project smartly has been right-sized for additional future capacity. Given the proposed zoning changes - that additional demand should be at least a point of discussion if not be outright factored into the Community Center programming. Michael Dembowski Conant Road
On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 11:13 AM Karla Gravis <karlagra...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I understand that Hanscom could bring a level of complexity, that > distinction is not relevant in this particular discussion because the CCBC > is not calculating the non-Hanscom population. The benchmarking used the > TOTAL Lincoln population. > > > The issue at hand is that the town census shows 600 (~40%) more seniors > than the US census for all of Lincoln. Hanscom does not affect that. > > > More importantly, the Hanscom discussion does not change the fact that the > CCBC is not being forthcoming about sources. The CCBC said, in writing, > and I quote: “The CCBC has used the Town Census numbers for every town, > to ensure full comparability”. That is simply not true. Regardless of > Hanscom or not, the CCBC benchmarking is using different sources for other > towns and not for Lincoln. They used the *lower* numbers for other towns > from one source and the *higher* numbers for Lincoln from a different > source. At the very least, there should have been a caveat explaining this. > > > I would also note that, given the upward bias of a town census, due to the > methodological issues I describe in my previous post, there is little > reason to believe the ACS is a less accurate population measure. > > > By using the higher numbers for Lincoln but lower numbers for other towns, > it seems like we’re trying to justify a center bigger than our needs. If we > add this to the fact that the COA refuses to provide attendance data, we > dramatically increase the probability that the town will be building > another building that is way too big for our real needs. > > > Karla Gravis > > Weston Road > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 9:05 AM Andrew Payne <a...@payne.org> wrote: > >> >> Karla G. wrote: >> >> Below are two examples for Concord and Harvard, as proof that the CCBC >>> used the ACS numbers and not the town census numbers in their benchmarking. >>> >> The issue that is very unique to Lincoln when trying to use that US >> Census ACS data: figuring out the *non-Hanscom population. * >> >> Anyone making cross-town comparisons should keep that in mind. >> >> One >> let's-complicate-things-by-putting-Hanscom-AFB-base-housing-within-our-small-town's-town-limits >> resident's view, >> >> -andy >> https://payne.org/lt-disclaimer/ >> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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