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Ms. Merritt stated that she does not want politics involved in the site selection and hopes alt of <br />the Ramsey Councilmembers support a high school on the Ramsey site. She asserted it was the <br />perfect site for a technical school and also a perfect site for high school. Ms. Merritt stated her <br />daughter will have to go to an elementary school in Anoka since the elementary school in <br />Ramsey does not have enough room for her. However, the Anoka school only contains <br />kindergartners. She stated the whole purpose of kindergarten is to transition students into <br />elementary and asked how that can be accomplished if the kindergarten is not located in an <br />elementary school. Ms. Merritt stated that she knows the Andover elementary school is over <br />populated but she thinks the best site for a community elementary school would be a site next to <br />the Anoka High School and ice arena. She stated she believes that all Ramsey parents are <br />concerned about the Council supporting a Ramsey high school site. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro tern Zimmerman stated it is good to hear these concerns. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated he has been waiting to learn when the City of Ramsey will be <br />invited into the processt He stated that the site selection issue has not been brought before the <br />Council and he wonders how it was presented before the Andover Council. He stated that he <br />also wonders how the technical school site was identified as the high schools site since that also <br />has not been addressed by the Council. " <br /> <br />Ms. Merritt stated she works at the technical college and learned of the meeting by watching <br />community television. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated he has heard that a call was placed to Ramsey staff asking if <br />the site was still available but there has been no official action taken or request made by the <br />Ramsey City Council. <br /> <br />Ms. Merritt provided a copy of the information distributed at the meeting she attended and noted <br />the breakdown of dollars and sites. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson stated she also attended the meeting. She stated when she supported <br />the bond issue, at that time, she did not think the site would be in Ramsey since it is not centrally <br />located. However, then information came out that there was a Ramsey site. She stated she then <br />attended the school meeting and learned it was the technical school site that was being <br />considered. Councilmember Anderson stated that she learned the numbers work very well for <br />this site and it appears it is the best site of the four being considered. She commented on the <br />issues with the other three sites which make them not as desirable due to soil conditions and <br />prices. <br /> <br />Councilmember Connolly noted the School District has not had any formal discussions with the <br />City Council and she just learned about the potential Ramsey site from a Quad Cities broadcast. <br /> <br />Ms. Merritt stated she wants to assure the Council is on the same "page" as they are in <br />supporting a Ramsey site. <br /> <br />CitY Council/January 25, 2000 <br /> Page 3 of 34 <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> ! <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />i <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />