Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

If you are a parent of a Pickerington Elementary school student - PLEASE attend one or more of the
public hearings scheduled:

Tuesday, April 9th @ 7:30 pm
Thursday,April 11th @ 7:30 pm or
Tuesday, April 16th @ 7:15 pm

at the Pickerington City Hall on Lockville Road. The City Council Members desperately need to hear from you!

This public hearing will cover the Homestead project, land that the City Council would like to approve zoning for 116 units of condominiums to be built on 21.8 acres on Long Road. Not sharing your thoughts make them think they are doing exactly what you want - Is it ?? Do you want another 116 housing units to feed into Pickerington Elementary?

I would not be opposed to the rapid development
occurring in the City of Pickerington if schools were considered at the time of zoning. New homes not yet with residents in the Sheffield & Windmiller Creek subdivisions along with the homes being built on Long Road will go to Pickerrington Elementary. Do we really need these condo's in the community ??

If the answer is yes, I would like to see 20 acres donated to the school system for a new Elementary school in the area, it seems we will need it. It will cost $11.5 million dollars to build that school at today's costs - maybe Council could be address that point as they continue zoning at a rate that will negatively impact the education experience that our children will have. We all moved to Pickerington so our children could have a ''neighborhood school'' experience in a great school system - my vision was not having my son in a trailer 45% of his time awake Monday through Friday. That is what we have to look forward to.

Portable Classrooms should not be a permanent
solution - there are less bathrooms, gymnasium space, playground area & Library space than the school needs because of them. Our kids should be able to continue to go to the terrific school where all of their friends are & not have to worry about being shuttled or having no playground space because of the mobile home park sitting there.

Tell Council not to make it worse.

Sincerely,

Lisa Reade
PLSD Resident

Mr. Apathy

It is a shame that the PLSD has been put in the position it soon faces. CITY and TOWNSHIP officials should BOTH be looking out for what is best for our community and our greatest resource.

They should get up in the morning, look in the mirror and say, ?“Today I am going to help my community.?”

In my opinion, both entities have failed regarding our most precious resource.

What is the best and most attractive thing our community has to offer? Do we have anything to brag about?

Yes, there is something to be proud of and it is our children and our schools. We have an excellent reputation for academics and athletic programs. The academic scores and trophies offer the proof.

But yet we have to use portable classrooms to meet the demand of growth?

Growth is not a bad thing, if managed properly. The school district attracts the growth and has no control over it. This responsibility falls upon the CITY and TOWNSHIP.

I offer the following solution:

Replace officials that make detrimental decisions regarding zoning changes that affect our schools. They are easy to spot; generally they are seeking or asking for apathy from the voters.

It is just that simple,



By Tim Bryant