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That picture is deceiving. looks like way more than 18,000 seats.
The community voted to pay for it so what's the problem?
Allen raised the money for its new stadium as part of a $119.4 million bond package in May of 2009 that passed with an impressive 63.66 percent of the vote.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostThat picture is deceiving. looks like way more than 18,000 seats.
The community voted to pay for it so what's the problem?
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Originally posted by Jacob View PostI don't know if you are serious, but one problem is that 36% of the people did not want to pay for it and the other 67% are morons.
Or how about a sliding scale of funding:
100% of 2013 class graduates = $60 million
90% of 2013 class graduates = $30 million
80% = $15
less than 80% = have a Bake Sale
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Originally posted by Jacoblocal schools would have much positive effect on educating kids.Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
- Howard Aiken
Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
- Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule
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Originally posted by Jacob View PostI don't know if you are serious, but one problem is that 36% of the people did not want to pay for it and the other 67% are morons.
And while Allen is blooming with malls and chain restaurants, the median household income grew to $100,843 in 2009
The school's class of 2010 boasted an average SAT score of 1080
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My kids attend this school. One thing to mention is that there is just one High School for a community of 80K+. So AHS is big, 5K+ students.
It's also an excellent school in a great district. One of the reasons why I built a house here 20+ years ago. The advantages is that there are numerous academic clubs and a full slate of AP courses offered. This disadvantage is that one has to be very, very good (gifted?) to play on the football team.
Is a $60M, 18K capacity stadium warranted? I voted yes. I don't think the community's priorities are out of whack either. Yes, we like our football but education has always been first priority for the majority of families. It's possible to excel at academics and football at the same time.“Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
"All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel
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Originally posted by Paperback Writer View PostMy kids attend this school. One thing to mention is that there is just one High School for a community of 80K+. So AHS is big, 5K+ students.
It's also an excellent school in a great district. One of the reasons why I built a house here 20+ years ago. The advantages is that there are numerous academic clubs and a full slate of AP courses offered. This disadvantage is that one has to be very, very good (gifted?) to play on the football team.
Is a $60M, 18K capacity stadium warranted? I voted yes. I don't think the community's priorities are out of whack either. Yes, we like our football but education has always been first priority for the majority of families. It's possible to excel at academics and football at the same time.
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostImpressive math. I hadn't thought about it that way before.
Even I can add to 100."More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
-- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)
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Originally posted by Paperback Writer View PostMy kids attend this school. One thing to mention is that there is just one High School for a community of 80K+. So AHS is big, 5K+ students.
It's also an excellent school in a great district. One of the reasons why I built a house here 20+ years ago. The advantages is that there are numerous academic clubs and a full slate of AP courses offered. This disadvantage is that one has to be very, very good (gifted?) to play on the football team.
Is a $60M, 18K capacity stadium warranted? I voted yes. I don't think the community's priorities are out of whack either. Yes, we like our football but education has always been first priority for the majority of families. It's possible to excel at academics and football at the same time.
Personally I am looking forward to attending the high school playoff games that will be played there. Also, I recall some talk about semi-pro teams paying there. I love watching watching the Americans play hockey over in Allen."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Surfah View PostForget the cost of the football stadium. 800 students in the marching band?"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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