What I'd like to do to improve the food stamp program

[noamnety]

65. Remodeling to me implies rearranging an existing space.

Not building an entire annex onto a building.

To put this in perspective - we've got buildings in the detroit area that can't get electricity in entire floors of the building and I've personally heard the district facilities manager tell parents that he won't fix it if it's not a life or death emergency because all his funding is going toward those issues - dealing with gas leaks, etc. My school has areas where the ceiling leaks are so bad we've got teachers putting buckets in their rooms. I got called in one day during vacation to rescue what I could of my classroom because it was raining in there. Not a little stream in one part of the room - it was like a rainforest.

Maybe it's different in your area, but seriously in my neck of the woods, some of the schools can't get the funds for what some people would consider minimal maintenance needs. I'd rather see people seriously fight for that funding than take on new unfunded dream projects that will run in the millions. If we can't maintain the facilities we have, it's frustrating to hear people talk about how great it would be if we expanded them out.

That building without electricity on the top three floors - outsiders with good intentions donated computers to every classroom. The school can't use them because they can't plug them in. The computers will be obsolete before they can be used.

That's a somewhat common problem anytime outsiders try to push their own agenda on an existing community without listening to the community itself.