Support Preistley at Public Hearing this Thursday!
All: We are advised that the public hearing re:
the School Facilities Master Plan that is
scheduled for this 9/18/08 Thursday at 5:30 will go on as scheduled
at McDonought #35, 1331 Kerlerec. The meetings take place in the school auditorium, which is not exactly easy to find if you go in the front entrance. But there’s a large parking lot behind the school, and a ramp/stairs that lead up to a door that leads (almost) directly to the auditorium.
It would be good to have as many Priestley supporters there as possible. We are trying to get information as to what the rules/limitations may be as to public comment.
What you can do to help:
1. Come to the meeting if you can. (Note: The public hearing at the City Council chambers has been re-scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1. October 1 is also now the end of the comment period.
2. Encourage any groups with whom you may be affiliated to sign-on/endorse “Bringing Priestley Home”. We will create a cover letter saying, basically, we thing the Master Plan is laudable in many of its ‘big picture’ concerns but that, in this instance, it needs greater sensitivity to its impact on neighborhoods. We hope to provide a name and contact information for each endorsing group. You can tell folks that I/we can also supply lots of other supporting data.
3. Send your own personal comment to the official spot(s) for making such comments. You can either go to the NOPS website at www.nops.k12.la.us where, on the upper right of the screen, above the picture, there’s a line that says ‘School Facilities Master Plan’ and beneath it a button to click to ‘Comment on the Master Plan.
Or you can go to the Recovery School District site at http://nolapublicschools.net where you will find an orange button (among many) on the left that says ‘Learn about the School Facilities Master Plan.’ Once you click on that, there’s a line at the upper right that says ‘If you would like to submit feedback, please email us here.’
Please pass along this request for individual comments to anyone you think might be willing to comment.
Thanks, Jerry Spier
232-1809