http://blog.edwardholets.com/2007/01/28/sinking-towns/ something clever Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://blog.edwardholets.com/2007/01/28/sinking-towns/#comment-2 Will Holets Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:47:21 +0000 http://blog.edwardholets.com/2007/01/28/sinking-towns/#comment-2 The interesting thing about Ithaca High School sinking is that not only are they doing nothing to correct the matter despite the fact that pipes constantly burst from the stress (Kulp was closed for a week last year after the tunnels were filled with water from a pipe being hewn in two) as well as a whole slew of other related problems, but they are, in fact, planning on adding in two whole new buildings to the premises. They are planning on spending ridiculous amounts of taxpayer money on these new structures that will need to be replaced in 20 years time regardless as the land will continue to swallow them whole. It's obvious to me that the high school is nothing more than a sunk cost (haha, pun) on the part of the school district. The archetecture is typical of Californian schools even though it is smack dab in the middle of the northeast, which not only causes horrible amounts of discomfort for students in the colder months, but also, I am sure, costs a certainly indecent amount of money to heat. It's time for a new high school to be built. One that is on stable ground, and one that is more energy efficient. The interesting thing about Ithaca High School sinking is that not only are they doing nothing to correct the matter despite the fact that pipes constantly burst from the stress (Kulp was closed for a week last year after the tunnels were filled with water from a pipe being hewn in two) as well as a whole slew of other related problems, but they are, in fact, planning on adding in two whole new buildings to the premises. They are planning on spending ridiculous amounts of taxpayer money on these new structures that will need to be replaced in 20 years time regardless as the land will continue to swallow them whole. It’s obvious to me that the high school is nothing more than a sunk cost (haha, pun) on the part of the school district. The archetecture is typical of Californian schools even though it is smack dab in the middle of the northeast, which not only causes horrible amounts of discomfort for students in the colder months, but also, I am sure, costs a certainly indecent amount of money to heat. It’s time for a new high school to be built. One that is on stable ground, and one that is more energy efficient.

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