The article from The Des Moines Register, “Ankeny looking to cut new school’s amenities” focuses on the Ankeny school district. Ankeny plans to build a new elementary school, renovate the current high school and elementary schools, and work on the high school/ middle school complex. The board has been planning for some time now. The rising construction costs have forced the school board to rethink the plans and cut some of the projects from the plan. Building designer Paul Arend said, “To reduce the cost without reducing the quality of the facility is our goal.” The school board is being pushed to come up with other alternatives to cut the costs of building. The building decisions are somewhat dependant on the legislature’s decision for a one cent sales tax. The school board is aware that there are many things they need to consider before finalizing the plans. Different plans of action to cut costs are being formed. Some believe that temporarily closing some of the schools will help with the budget. Closing a few of the schools would halt other plans of action, such as changing the Northview Middle School from a school for eighth and ninth grade students to a school for sixth and seventh graders. There are clearly pros and cons to each different idea and setup. These will have to be weighed and debated to have a successful outcome. The school district is really striving to help their schools without having to slow it down or interfere with the current quality.
Source: Erzen, Todd. “Ankeny looking to cut new school’s amenities.” Des Moines Register, The 23 Nov. 2007. 28 Nov. 2007 http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?d_issuesearch=on&f_subsection=sANKENY+ZONE&p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%2011D216B217B9B718%20)&d_place=DMRB&p_multi=DMRB&f_issue=2007-11-23&f_publisher=&p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=A60Q4FKDMTE5NjI3ODM3MC4zNDMzNDg6MToxMzo2NC4xMTMuNzMuMjAw.
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