CLOSED Meeting CJUSD & City of GT

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High school site awaits land deal
GRAND TERRACE: The city will consider an offer for 25 acres from the Colton district.
12:49 AM PDT on Thursday, April 14, 2005
By PAUL LaROCCO / The Press-Enterprise

High school Proposed on 60 acres off Main Street in southwestern tip of Grand Terrace Redevelopment Agency will consider an offer Thursday from the Colton Joint Unified School District for 25 acres required to build the school

GRAND TERRACE - Proof that a long-awaited Grand Terrace high school will be built may emerge for the first time tonight if the city's Redevelopment Agency approves an offer from the Colton Joint Unified School District for 25 acres.

BLOG OPINION
WHY is this meeting between two public agencies CLOSED from the view of the Citizens?

WHY are the Students we care about so much being places as far to the edge of town as they can be? In the remotest site possible, bordering the County of Riverside, the Rail Road Tracks, adjacent to a much needed Power Plant?

WHY are the Students and the resorces that could be shared being put in such a remote location?

Why not put the TOWN CENTER businesses there in that on the edge of town, where the traffic from the new housing in High Grove can shop and spend and we gather the tax revenue, and keep the traffic out, and Keep our Students Center of Attention.

Why not put the County Library and the High School in the area under consideration for the "Town Center". The County Library Facilities could be shared by the High School Students, the Seniors and the General Public in the centralized Location. The school design could also include a band shell similar to the one at Flemming Park in Colton built into its library/arts and administration building. The High School Design should complement the entire community, not just the students being served during school hours. Empty schools are victims of theft and vandalism, where as a well shared facility is less subject to these negatives.

Do a land swap before it is too late. By the way it is strongly suggested that the Colton School District use its right of Eminante Domain to make this acquisition for the benefit of its students. Don't let the City of Grand Terrace Redevelopment Agency sell you and our students the "Least" desirable location and land in Grand Terrace.