Extra land adds up to more dollars, risks

How can the school board in good conscience ask the taxpayer to spend $2.5 million above and beyond the existing alternative? What do we get for these extra millions you ask? Extra land. We get 50 acres beyond what is currently needed to build the middle school, of which less than 27 acres can actually be built on because of environmental restrictions. That is based on today's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations. Who knows what we will be left with when we do decide to build on it.

The extra land in this referendum adds real dollars and unnecessary risk to the taxpayer. When did we authorize the school board to become land speculators? This creates an unfair burden on today's taxpayer.

This referendum makes no logical sense when we have many other items that could make immediate and lasting improvements to the existing facilities. For instance, wouldn't you rather consider putting air conditioning into the elementary school so that our students and staff can still function on hot days? Count the dollars. This referendum doesn't make any sense.

Maryann Frisbie

Allentown