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misterspokes t1_ix9aqel wrote

If they can somehow keep the murals intact for the new building I would be down.

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totoop t1_ix9e6oo wrote

"It will be Pawtucket’s first new school in more than 80 years."

Landmark or not, I'm ecstatic for the city that that will no longer be a statistic.

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March_Latter t1_ix9gikj wrote

Pawtucket has a lot of dead space but I guess they don't want to continue looking at the stadium. Hopefully it will be build in a cost effective, consider...

What am I saying? Its going to be a financial free for all and we all know it.

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March_Latter t1_ix9m8ib wrote

Replying to Jack__Squat (#605,463)

>Joined

Oh yes. Wait till they start digging and find out the inverts are all wrong or what was at the stadium location originally. Add some contaminated soil and the largest teachers lounge available and watch it all go out of hand with nobody willing to stop it.

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lolabeanz59 t1_ix9p1p8 wrote

This is great. Tolman and Shea are so outdated and our young adults deserve a better, modernized school.

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PawtucketPatriot t1_ixa3g6w wrote

Replying to lolabeanz59 (#605,747)

Renovating and bringing these schools up to standards of today will likely cost just as much as building a new, state of the art school. Also, developers love converting old schools into condos/apartments. Bothe high schools are in desirable locations to do just that. Hopefully with affordability in mind.

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Swamp_yankee_ninja t1_ixa3mx2 wrote

Pawtucket should knock down Pawtucket and just start over.

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gutter_sluggs t1_ixa9ep9 wrote

Good, so much money and space gets wasted for athletics. Hopefully the school doesn’t dump all is resources into sports programs.

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thirdtimesthemom t1_ixac4jr wrote

Warwick just voted to build new schools too. Lots of facebook drama over it lol.

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Odd-Independent4640 t1_ixaoh2i wrote

All for this. They should also just change the high school mascot to the Paw Sox so they can incorporate all the decor directly into the new facilities

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lazydictionary t1_ixay9eo wrote

Replying to everyoneisnuts (#608,317)

The issue is that not every at-risk-youth plays sports.

Those most at risk are usually on some kind of academic probation and aren't eligible to play.

Or they lack the financial resources for travel, training, equipment, rides home, etc.

Mandating physical activity for all students is a better solution as a whole - focusing money on specific athletic teams or events still leaves people behind.

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TheGhost820 t1_ixayism wrote

Despite the good memories of watching the baseball games there with my dad, this would be really good for the community and I’m all for it.

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JimmyHavok t1_ixbe2td wrote

How deteriorated is MCoy? Is it unusable, or did the Sox just want a shiny new stadium? Is the new soccer stadium a boondoggle or is McCoy not in any condition to be converted to a soccer stadium?

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everyoneisnuts t1_ixbe36i wrote

Replying to lazydictionary (#609,914)

Of course not every at risk youth plays sports, but those that do are keeping up their grades, keeping out of trouble, being part of a team working towards a common goal together, learning discipline, and building elf-esteem and self-worth. If a lot of these kids didn’t have sports in place to provide that structure and motivation to want to stay on the team, they would probably struggle greatly. So, there is nothing that is an absolute for everyone, but sports do a great deal to help many. Why would we want to take that away from them? Not sure how having less options that are know to help kids is better for them.

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anevilpotatoe t1_ixbgjet wrote

This exactly what we need!! Finally a great decision

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KennyWuKanYuen t1_ixbgzg3 wrote

I think I’m getting old because I feel bitter for knocking down a place I made some memories at, but then again, it’s also the best move seeing how shit Tolman and Shea are.

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ToadScoper t1_ixbi83q wrote

Replying to JimmyHavok (#611,258)

McCoy is abandoned, I explored it last summer and it’s already in a dismal state. Sections of the grandstand roofing had collapsed, and there was extensive water damage in the team locker rooms with mold throughout. It was really sad to see the park in that state… I can only imagine how bad it is now

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thatstheteasis95 t1_ixbih2g wrote

Replying to everyoneisnuts (#611,259)

Its their home lives that are the main issue. It's hard for kids to keep up grades when they barely eat, or not able to rest and feel secure in their own homes. Keeping up grades to do sports can be a huge obstacle for those reasons and that's why kids give up on trying to achieve. More extracurriculars should be available to kids- not just sports, but that also takes budgeting. Putting a basket ball/foot ball in a kid's hand doesn't change their home life and lack of mental health resources causing their issues.

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ziddersroofurry t1_ixcbzzm wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#611,637)

The issue is schools focus primarily on two sports-football and basketball. Those are the big money earners in regards to both scouting from universities and ticket sales. Sports like soccer, tennis, vollyball, etc are often overlooked as they just don't interest people as much.

The other issue is injuries. We know how much it costs in terms of harmful injuries and both short and long-term medical care. Football's one of the most dangerous activities a kid can take part in.

As far as arts, theater, music, and other programs those are getting phased out more and more as they cost far more than they bring in. Schools aren't about educating kids. They're about training kids to be money-earners which is why only the programs and activities that bring their schools the most money end up sticking around.

Schools aren't there to educate for the benefit of society. They came about as a means for the wealthy elite to foster a working class for them to exploit. This is why the best colleges are more often than not restricted to those with wealth and influence and why we're not seeing the wealthy in a hurry to implement actual, beneficial free education (and I don't just mean college-it costs a lot of money to send kids to good schools, period).

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March_Latter t1_ixch3k8 wrote

Replying to total_life_forever (#610,305)

What I hate is that in those improvements nobody talks about the money. Its never a question of value, that is always disregarded. They want their shiny new toy and if it bankrupts the city or goes 100 million over budget who cares.

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Digitalburn t1_ixcuhnw wrote

Replying to dweeb_plus_plus (#613,308)

Hey, there was that one time when it was a Dave's... with a bank in front of it... that was from across the street and a new bank moved into its old building. Why do we have so many banks?

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FartGarfunkel_ t1_ixdigdd wrote

Why don’t they use the laundered funds for the soccer stadium no one asked for to build the school?

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Xalenn t1_ixdj0hb wrote

McCoy High School.

Come on ... Let's make this name happen!

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redcapmilk t1_ixdw171 wrote

Replying to March_Latter (#614,114)

Well yeah. If your "overbudget shiny toy", had been built, I wouldn't have gone seen The WooSox in Wooster this summer. There are large swaths of the south that don't value kids or education, UHauls are cheap and 95 goes south.

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March_Latter t1_ixeqdgl wrote

Replying to Emmafabb (#621,832)

Would you like to know how many properties Pawtucket has? How about how many could be purchased for shit money. I will make it easy for you, go drive around that neighborhood and find out. The answers are not to difficult to find.

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Emmafabb t1_ixfsz9g wrote

Replying to big_whistler (#623,092)

Yes, they can litigate for years and ultimately ‘eminent domain it’ - tax payers love that.

I’m sorry-sarcasm is weak…my b.

Nobody likes it when govt (local or otherwise) takes what they want-even if it’s at a ‘fair market value’. Come onnnnnnn

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