Comments on: Quit Your Rumor-Mongering! 5th Avenue 4/5 Academy Construction Still on Track

By: karass

karass — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:05:50 +0000

…Parents of children in the transition period might not love that but at least much of the instructional element of the school is moving intact and the feel of a new school will be fun.

Sorry really lack of tiny keyboard dexterity!

By: karass

karass — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:56:02 +0000

Whoops. Slippery thumbs.

End of last post should be:…..That’s what may not be done completely before the students arrive. Given full plates of busy staff.,it might take a transitional year or two to completely settle in. a parent of a child in the transitional ywar

By: karass

karass — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:48:25 +0000

I haven’t heard rumors either, just questions from from folks who weren’t around for previous school construction. In my experience, the building contractors finish their work on time. But there’s lots of other stuff that needs to be in place that is not the responsibility of the contractor. That’s w. Given

By: TOK

TOK — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:48:35 +0000

oops–make that “almost NO chance that things would entirely fall though.”

By: TOK

TOK — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:47:26 +0000

I hadn’t heard any of those rumors, but it’s still nice to get confirmation that things are on track. Given the stakes, I already thought that there was almost chance that things would entirely fall through. But this means that there is a much lower chance of what I was worried *could* happen–that there is a crazy rush at the end to put things together, with literal and metaphorical lose ends making the facility sub-optimal when classes start, e.g., your occasional pile of rubble in the corner of the teacher’s lounge, or AV equipment not yet installed, etc.