The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 11, 1995 3 Planner as | €onsultant recommends all schools on one site \ alld pi eZ Ti a (continued from page 1) — PROPOSED PLAYING FIELDS supervisors’ haste in appointing a new planning commission mem- ber. “Last week you said to wait a month to give you time to review the applications,” he said to Red- mond. “What's the rush to jus- tice? Why not wait until you can appoint a second replacement?” te Tal > KE Westmoreland would be closed, new s school built adjacent to Middle School Cam x 1 @ By GRACE R. DOVE ATA Post Staff £00 "DALLAS - Quad Three Group engineer Paul Degillio presented six different plans for expansion of. the elementary school and developing the vacant land be- "hind the stadium into sports fields, with their estimated construction Costs, to the school board at its ‘regular October 9 work session. The district had hired the firm ‘to do a feasibility study of devel- qping the fields and expanding the elementary schools in July. ~,In the option which Degillio ‘said Quad Three recommended, all schools would be consolidated Lad ks on the 100-acre site on Hilde- from the state for this plan,” Degillio said after the meeting. He couldn't give any figures or per- centages of the amount of reim- bursement the district would receive. “All figures are for con- struction costs only and don't represent the final cost of the project,” he added. Another option called for the renovation of the Westmoreland School, with six more classrooms added to replace the modular units, and a new central office added to the middle school, at a total cost of $3 million. This plan wouldn’treceive much reimburse- ment from the state because it won't pay for renovations which | | | | SENIOR HICH SCHOOL GRAVES 2 THRU 12 ty | | | J MIDDLE SCHOOL | | |orADES 6 THRU 8 624 STUDENTS “IF we don't have a fourth member, we'll have to cancel our October 10 meeting,” Redmond said. “So cancel it!” Futch fired back. Bellas questioned the short time span — 1 1/2 days — which appli- cants for the two positions on the . commission had to submit their resumes to the supervisors, who didn't answer his query. Another applicant, Toby Humphrey, wanted to know why the supervisors had passed him over for this position and asked to see the other applicants’ resu- mes, which he said he is allowed to do under the state’s Sunshine Law. “The others had better qualifi- cations,” Redmond said. “Me and POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE Steuben Granger was appointed to the Franklin ~*~ Township planning commission, at a special meeting October 9. rr | 3! on, cost more than 60 percent of a | ‘brant Road and Conyngham Ave., building's replacement value, i Tim (Dymond) reviewed all of spare parts. + xl is with a new building for grades Degillio said. them.” The audience laughed. He Attorney John Acieukiewicz four through six built on the The other plans, which call for | added he would take Humphrey's questioned the proposed mini baseball field behind the middle the closing of the Westmoreland request to see the other applica- mun lot sizes of three acres. in the | school. It would be connected by building and a new central office |: | tions “under advisement with the agricultural zone and four acres 4 awalkway to the middle schoolso added to the middle school. in- $ | | solicitor.” in the conservation zone. “You ® # the building's 425 students could yolyed making the Dallas Elethen- Granger, a retired civil engi- only need to make the lots large i use, the auditorium, but would tary School one large building to |: TAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ) | neer and contractor, is anativeof enough to sustain the dwelling, BE ‘have its own library, gym and house all the district's students in oA GRADES K. THRU % yo Wyoming, PA, and moved to the its water and its sewage,” he said. | cafeteria. kindergarten through grade 5 for i 650 STUDENTS vi township in 1989. ‘I'm a new- “Ifyou want to set minimum sizes A .11{The 650 students in kindergar- $5.4 million, building a separate wo’ | comer,” he wisecracked. He ap- of more than an acre, you must 8 ten through grade three would be building for grades three through ~~ |! plied for the position because “1 prove that some type of extraordi- | housed at the present Dallas five alongside the present elemen- thought I could make a differ- nary conditions exist. Otherwise : Elementary School. The tary school for $7.2 million, tear- | ence. | have some expertise in it might not stand up if it were to Westmoreland School and the ing down the Wesinioreland fi these areas.” be challenged in court.” ~*~." | present central office would be school and building a replace- At two work sessions, held According to consultant Jack a closed, with the central office re- ment on the same site for $5.4 October 2 and October 9 at 3:15 varaly, smaller lot sizes may even- LJ @ located toanewwingadded tothe million or building an addition | p.m., the supervisors debated the tually conflict with staté-man- | side of the middle school near the pehind the middle school to house definition of junk, junk yardsand dated sewage planning modules tennis courts. grades three through five for $7.2 a. junk cars. Although junk was orstormwaterrunoffregulations. | +1No modifications would be million. rar: Paes” defined as “scrap or reclaimable The supervisors plan to meet made to the high school, but the Maureen Banks's suggestion to PLAN COURTESY OF QUAD THREE GROUPS material, discarded machineryor ~~ October 26 at 7 p.m. to vote onthe vacantland behind thehighschool build a second school to house This plan shows the proposed elementary school to be built parts thereof,” residents said one proposed zoning ordinance | stadium would be developed into the Westmoreland students along- behind the Dallas Middle School, where a new central office person's junk is another person's amendments. {Tat wd | athletic fields. The total construc- side but not connected to the would also be added in a wing on the side. Playing fields would ean | tion cost would be $5.2 million. Dallas Elementary School, wasn't also be developed behind the high school and stadium. — | L¥0ne reason we recommend it feasible because too many facili- Nh | Is:because the district would get ties would be duplicated, Degillio : YY 8) & the highestrate of reimbursement gid. re Pa ol §av Music Box to hold auditions for-musical October 14-15 irs Fhe MpsieBox Players will hold auditions for their final produc- tion of the 1995 season: The Most Happy Fella, October 14, at 1-3 p.m. and October 15 at 7 to 10 p.m. at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes Street, Swoyersville. i roles are open and include Tony, a middle-aged man (40's+ ‘antla baritone), Rosabella, ayoung 'wafaan in her 20's, early 30's and ‘a soprano. Other principals in- farmhands, rbakers,: ‘cooks, and townspeople. All interested in auditioning should come prepared to sing a song of his/her choice and those interested in speaking roles will be asked to read from the script. 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