Some District 205 Board members suggested to close Silas Willard and move its students to the former Lincoln school on Harrison St. What do you think?

Why didn’t “the board” seriously consider using Lincoln school earlier, before spending over half a million dollars on architects, engineering fees, demo work, and buying additional property for the Silas project?  And we have no idea how much money would be spent to make Lincoln school a viable option.  I’m for building a new Silas Willard elementary, not for making repairs to the old one.  It’s a total waste of money to spend $7 million on just bringing the old building up to code and making it handicap-accessible.  For what?  –to say that Ronnie Reagan attended classes in that building?  Let it go!  Saving and reconstructing the old building would cost quite a bit more than just building a new school.  How is “the building committee” supposed to decide on “option 3” if they have no idea of its eventual cost?  Would they need to add on?  There are a lot of kids in the Silas Willard district.  More grade school children keep getting “absorbed” into the existing schools, which also increases costs for busing kids farther away from their homes.  That’s an additional cost to consider, along with whatever other costs will be incurred; but saving million of dollars for District 205 is a crucial decision.