| If this is the case, how will they function for the 2 years they WILL be located in schools buildings…which we had been told would serve community functions?
And what populations in the COMMUNITY center really designed for? Is this, in fact, the extension and completion of a school building project, or will it focus on the broader community…being truly inclusive? What access and programming will the broader community have after school hours?
Sent from my iPad LEAP can function in the school building on a temporary basis, but no one should think this is an optimal or even adequate solution.
LEAP, in its own building, has dedicated space for educational, artistic, recreational, tech and media activities. In the school building, they would not 'own' any space - so anything they use on a daily basis would have to be set up and stored away each day. This puts an unrealistic burden on staff and creates logistical issues with the setup needing to happen just as the school is emptying out and the clean-up/storage having to happen during the pick-up hours, while the students have a range of pickup times. The activities and programs that make LEAP such a great after-school program would have to be scaled back.
I can also imagine safety/security issues, with students in the school building after most school staff have left, leaving large parts of the building unmonitored.
Thanks,
-Bob ...
Leap can remain in our brand-new school building as it will be hosted there for the next two years anyway.
Karla Gravis Weston Rd
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sara Lupkas <[email protected]>Date: Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself a tax payment! To: Listserv Listserv < [email protected]> David Cuetos wrote: "After adjusting for structurally inflated budget lines, our true operating budget is likely closer to $46–47M—implying a reserve target of around $7M. That leaves as much as $18M in excess reserves available." What is meant by structurally inflated budget lines and how are you calculating our "true operating budget"? Implying that citizens should somehow equate not passing the Community Center Warrant article with the town not needing to collect taxes in the fall seems a huge reach and not very financially responsible for our town. And if our reserves are so healthy, why is there even an argument against allocating an additional amount to cover the Community Center shortfall? Let's also not forget that if the Community Center somehow fails now, we would still need to renovate Bemis and the LEAP pods, so this wouldn't free up *that much* in the town budget. This is reminiscent of the first school building project getting voted down and then a more expensive project (with no state matching funds) finally passing years later.
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