WPCNR MR. & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS VOICE.  November 27, 2005: Peter Bassano, a member of the White Plains Board of Education writes on the $50 Million to $95 Million price tag placed on school building and grounds renovation by the school district architects:

 Dear John,

We have not yet gotten to the point that we can say what, if anything, we need.   There are really 2 categories of work identified by the architect; Infrastructure work and capital improvements.  From hereon, we should be talking about these two categories separately. 

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Having said that, I can honestly say that we havent progressed to the point that we would recommend spending anything yet.  The Board is still in the preliminary stages.  All this talk of $50 and $65 million is purely illustrative. 

The administration is working on their recommendations and priorities but the Board and community need to carefully look at long and short term plans, projected needs and alternatives before we begin looking at the dollars.  

The discussion about the SEQRA work is out of sequence but that is a factor of the length of time the SEQRA process would take and the fact that the much of the cost of the SEQRA work would not be passed on to the WP taxpayers. 

I dont think there are any surprises in the enrollment figures.  Generally steady with a few bubbles.  Im sure you can have a copy once the numbers are real.

Peter Bassano