This is precisely why Tim Culver had to go. In fact, if we had our way, we'd send him packing early. Good luck Oak Creek-Franklin!
You just can't make this shit up, people, truth IS stranger than fiction. Enjoy this...we certainly did.
Dear SP-EYE,
Perhaps you noticed the district's $40K renovated varsity soccer field is not looking so good?
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| Outside grass included to emphasize the piss poor field quality |
Why yes...yes we did notice (after you pointed it out)!
Credible sources close to this issue have revealed that:
- The lead grounds worker has not turned on the water so that the field can be irrigated. I'm sure that is a difficult task, you know, opening the valve and all! Not sure this would really matter because the irrigation heads put more water on the track than the grass...but I'm sure that has been resolved with the installation of the proper heads (sarcasm intended). BTW has the district installed the irrigation booster pump that they budgeted for a few years back to ensure proper water pressure to irrigate efficiently? We think NOT!
Q: How many SPASD groundsworkers does it take to open a single valve?
A: Apparently more than we have on staff.
- The PE programs at the high school use that field exclusively over the other outdoor fields in the athletic complex. And why not, with a newly renovated field why would anyone want to use the lesser quality JV soccer field that has not been renovated (that's another story) or the practice fields behind the varsity soccer field? They are not as nice and they are another 50 feet farther from the PE door to the school!
- After $20K in drill&fill treatment to the JV baseball field why cant PE classes use that outfield? After all, former AD Jimmy Mac, in his attempt to get that field renovated, argued that the field was really a PE field and should be renovated so that it could drain better, hence the drill&fill. On a related matter, if all our fields are PE fields, why isn't Ashley Field used for PE programs at PPA or CHUMS? We wouldn't want to get Coach BK Football mad because someone was using "his" field for something other than the 5 football games he has in the fall now would we?
Ouch! Was that a direct blow to the knees of everything that is football in Sun Prairie? Wasn't us!!!!
- The track team practices on the field and was doing so even before the athletic fields were "released" for spring sports.
- Whatever happened to rotating the use of fields? Why would we want to do that because it would make too much sense.
- A recent request to increase Buildings & Grounds staff to better deal with this and many other related issues got absolutely no support from outbound District Administrator Timmy Culver and his management team.
Caren Diedrich is infamous for declaring, "I don't want to see one damn hole in one damn roof!". We wonder how she feel about blowing $40K on a field and then outright murdering it?
SP-EYE, it looks like you need to get back to exposing the districts ineptness. Sadly, we seem to be slipping back into our old ways.
You've been slippin' into darknessPretty soon you gonna pay---War
This one falls squarely on the shoulders of Doctor Timmy and his travelling management team. We get it. Education is a priority. But at the end of the day, taking care of the buildings and grounds is a priority too. We're quite certain that Erik Olson and Jeff Butler made things abundantly clear and prepared quality and verifiable documentation. But yet, their proposal got no love at the budget planning table. You can only hang Tim Culver for this. Add it to his Pandora's legacy box. A 1-to-1 computer plan is an awesome goal/vision, but couldn't we go 1.5 or 1.75-to-1 and be good stewards of taxpayer dollars spent on fields?
There's a committee in place now working on a plan for school space that could involve 1,2, or even 3 new schools and a likely $80-$100 MILLION dollar referendum. THIS is how we want to show the community we take care of our stuff?
The Reader writes right.
Fix it people!!!!
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