The Boren facility is too large for a small alternative school. The large size would detract from the intimacy of the learning style.

The facility needs lots and lots of work before it could be ready. The outside is trashed. It looks old enough to need many repairs to the inside as well.

I have just read a report from the Meng Facility Report that says the Boren school "needs over $11 million in repairs and is not ADA compliant in the interior." it also says it "is of low-end construction with generally low ceilings, dark interior corridors, and conventional teaching spaces. The building has not aged well and warrants complete upgrade of systems and finishes if it were to be used for a middle school again."

My son will be in first grade at the time of the move - there isn't a playground at Boren - I believe a playground would be necessary.

Such a decrepit building would not give the students a sense of pride, or give them the idea that they were in a place they had to take care of.

I think Boren is a bad idea for Pathfinder to be in for many reasons.

Tonia Wells

Mother of future

Pathfinder students