Feb 21, 2012 4:29 PM
The house located at 10 Central Avenue in East Quogue sits directly next to East Quogue Elementary School. ERIN MCKINLEY
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The East Quogue School District will be holding its long-awaited vote next week to determine if it can purchase a piece of property next door to the Central Avenue elementary school to accommodate future expansion—if it is ever needed.
The vote, which is scheduled to run from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, at the school, will decide whether or not school administrators can spend $400,000 that’s already set aside in this year’s $22 million budget to buy the nearly three-quarter acre property at 10 Central Avenue, which features a house. If approved, the district will spend $250,000 on the land and set aside $150,000 to cover the cost of demolishing the house. Town records state that the property is owned by the estate of Louise Oliver.
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The vote, which is scheduled to run from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, at the school, will decide whether or not school administrators can spend $400,000 that’s already set aside in this year’s $22 million budget to buy the nearly three-quarter acre property at 10 Central Avenue, which features a house. If approved, the district will spend $250,000 on the land and set aside $150,000 to cover the cost of demolishing the house. Town records state that the property is owned by the estate of Louise Oliver.
“It is... more
At the moment, there is no pressure for expansion, the student census having declined in recent years. Proactivity is the ...more argument for this measure, the idea being that we should buy this property NOW while it is available so that expansion is possible in the future should it be needed.
Both sides have been effectively presented in these comments. Now, as BrownEyes said, there's nothing left but the vote.