tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post8613067349342619796..comments2024-03-28T14:25:30.726-05:00Comments on The Fairhope Times : Fairhope's Historic K-1 School "Falling Down"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-46173205837456768752016-07-25T07:55:45.020-05:002016-07-25T07:55:45.020-05:00Thank you!Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-63832593541290076402016-07-25T07:55:10.643-05:002016-07-25T07:55:10.643-05:00Thank you!Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-6170828952695602102016-07-15T23:23:48.781-05:002016-07-15T23:23:48.781-05:00You folks don't understand - the City of Fairh...You folks don't understand - the City of Fairhope DOES NOT own the building. It is up to the Baldwin County Board of Education. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-77745518252957538272016-07-15T20:25:56.039-05:002016-07-15T20:25:56.039-05:00I guess you'd like to tear the building down a...I guess you'd like to tear the building down and add several of those amazing portable classrooms. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-27425798296116591272016-07-13T23:22:23.924-05:002016-07-13T23:22:23.924-05:00Lead Paint,Lead Plumbing, Asbestos, Mold,and Posib...Lead Paint,Lead Plumbing, Asbestos, Mold,and Posible Balloon framing (fire hazard). Hmm that's where a child needs to go. Im sure all this was a problem when my kids attended years ago,thats why the county did not want to touch it. This is County owned not city, they make the calls on there property not the city (not councils fault). This would cost hundreds of thousands just to clean up then the cost of purchase, this does not make sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-75019792618970272262016-07-12T08:09:00.636-05:002016-07-12T08:09:00.636-05:00It's too bad someone in the private sector cou...It's too bad someone in the private sector couldn't find some profitable use for this building. It would be a shame to see it turned into a parking lot. Nancy Grassleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-53909236607887249752016-07-12T07:54:20.779-05:002016-07-12T07:54:20.779-05:00School board is begging for money, always crying f...School board is begging for money, always crying for money...sell the property here and at two or three other abandoned school properties in the Fairhope areaTextidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554269197196300177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-91296119292476718162016-07-11T14:45:28.467-05:002016-07-11T14:45:28.467-05:00City leaders visited the O'keefe center in Oce...City leaders visited the O'keefe center in Ocean Springs three years ago ... but nothing ever came of it ... .Publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463280949003264050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-9997796377486535142016-07-11T13:22:49.312-05:002016-07-11T13:22:49.312-05:00I am from Fairhope and I went to school there. Lo...I am from Fairhope and I went to school there. Lots of memories every time I see the building. It's sad that it has gone to such disrepair! This is a historic building! There are numerous other historic buildings that have the historic seal, why can't the same be done for the school? There is one small museum downtown, why not restore the building and move that museum there? I read a book about Fairhope and it's history. The word "Fairhope" came from the settlers who named the town because they had a "fair hope" of starting a new life. I think the beautification of this town is wonderful so please continue the beautification and restore this historical building. Isn't there a historical society that someone can contact about this?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-46335040520556907932016-07-11T11:28:12.523-05:002016-07-11T11:28:12.523-05:00Take a trip to Ocean Springs, MS, and look at the ...Take a trip to Ocean Springs, MS, and look at the Mary O'Keefe center. It was an elementary school that the city converted to an arts/education center. It's awesome! Fairhope needs this type of venue--arts, culinary arts, performing arts, a place for workshops and trainings, etc. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater...This is FAIRHOPE!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-90846866300290325602016-07-10T18:56:16.194-05:002016-07-10T18:56:16.194-05:00$450,000 being spent for a few dozen parking space...$450,000 being spent for a few dozen parking spaces behind the library, but willing to allow a nearly 100 year-old historic building go to complete ruin. What a shame. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-27191339638376435292016-07-10T17:59:41.226-05:002016-07-10T17:59:41.226-05:00Ha Ha!
Lyin' Jack and crook'd Tim provi...Ha Ha! <br /><br />Lyin' Jack and crook'd Tim provide leadership? <br /><br />No chance in Hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-53645327118737290982016-07-10T16:53:35.902-05:002016-07-10T16:53:35.902-05:00If the roof has been leaking that long it is alrea...If the roof has been leaking that long it is already destroyed by termites and mold ......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-12809653520915109132016-07-10T15:22:32.263-05:002016-07-10T15:22:32.263-05:00This is exactly the tactic we predicted years ago ...This is exactly the tactic we predicted years ago on the Save the K-1 Committee — the school board would neglect the building to the point of total disrepair, throw their hands up, then sell it to help prop up the entire county system. Meanwhile, everyone has forgotten that our current K-3 school is one of the largest in the country — that’s COUNTRY not COUNTY, for that age-range. Chicago Public School System doesn’t have a K-3 that large. Overcrowding absolutely impacts the learning environment in a negative way. Our committee had a preliminary plan drawn up by local architects that would have refurbished and enlarged the school to make it a huge benefit to our community. The former Fairhope City Council signed a proclamation that stated their intent on keeping this school open, but never upheld what they signed. <br /><br />It isn’t just a matter of history, memories or nostalgia, but one of function that requires we take action to give our children the best education, and our teachers the best working facilities possible. To allow these board members from other parts of the county to overcrowd our children while letting a great location (two, if you count the empty property on Fairhope Ave.) sit undeveloped and go to waste is a crime and our city leaders need to step up and take control of this situation. To do nothing only endorses the actions of the school board. <br />Leslie Anne Tarabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988702882440274165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-21251575685257965832016-07-10T13:37:56.544-05:002016-07-10T13:37:56.544-05:00Can anyone answer the question? If someone is stup...Can anyone answer the question? If someone is stupid, how would or could they know it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-25852333895876449332016-07-10T09:34:34.354-05:002016-07-10T09:34:34.354-05:00Don't knock it down....too many memories there...Don't knock it down....too many memories there....if anything restore it into a museum like the city did the old school house by Faulkner....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-23351033717877341342016-07-10T07:18:49.576-05:002016-07-10T07:18:49.576-05:00Another reason for "Fairhope City School Syst...Another reason for "Fairhope City School System ".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-33205484239032664752016-07-10T06:58:46.251-05:002016-07-10T06:58:46.251-05:00Phase 1 should be repairing the roof leaks on the ...Phase 1 should be repairing the roof leaks on the main building to mitigate further structural deterioration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-40107033165416916282016-07-10T06:52:33.872-05:002016-07-10T06:52:33.872-05:00To those that want to save the old school, open yo...To those that want to save the old school, open your wallets and pay for it, keep your hands out of my wallet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-57401641290350684682016-07-10T06:46:57.474-05:002016-07-10T06:46:57.474-05:00Preserve the school and protect the surrounding gr...Preserve the school and protect the surrounding green space. There is an existing parking lot behind the school that is rarely full. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-49398257542960705092016-07-09T23:47:10.048-05:002016-07-09T23:47:10.048-05:00Students need a well rounded educational. STEAM is...Students need a well rounded educational. STEAM isn't going to get them as far as you think. They need to understand their government, bottom line. Social studies is much needed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-1841552683803812572016-07-09T21:24:06.274-05:002016-07-09T21:24:06.274-05:00"True Fairhopians have generations of family ..."True Fairhopians have generations of family members which walked the halls of that historic building and we have had enough of our history stripped or torn down to accommodate those with the same mentality as yourselves."<br /><br />So how do you explain the new construction in downtown? The splash Pad, Bay Eyes building, Living Well, the luxury condos across from Greer's, the new proposed living/retail space across from the Fairhope PD, the LIBRARY???? <br /><br />Taxpayers should save a sick building because your mamaw went to school there?<br /><br />You can't have it both ways. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-31854704022222618502016-07-09T20:49:19.640-05:002016-07-09T20:49:19.640-05:00Perfect opportunity for city to buy for more parki...Perfect opportunity for city to buy for more parking, needed more than triangle park idea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287066367000388744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-76030679143825286802016-07-09T19:46:24.207-05:002016-07-09T19:46:24.207-05:00I was born and raised in Fairhope. I NEVER set foo...I was born and raised in Fairhope. I NEVER set foot in that building. I feel they should get rid of the eye soreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862220451874774534.post-11004994913204971432016-07-09T19:43:17.961-05:002016-07-09T19:43:17.961-05:00I was born and raised in Fairhope and NEVER set fo...I was born and raised in Fairhope and NEVER set foot in that school. I say get rid of the eyesoreAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173879755899731895noreply@blogger.com