http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 19 May 2013 04:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-324554 Miz Brooke Smith Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:23:07 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-324554 @ Superdave, the current building for DeBakey was a compromise from the get-go. It is not a school building and is not really suitable for the needs and goals of this specialized school. As for ROI, education is not widgets and the value a taxpayer receives from investing in good schools is measured down the road in the number and quality of students who become said taxpayer's cardiologist, accountant, master electrician, etc. instead of store clerk or neighborhood burglar. @ Superdave, the current building for DeBakey was a compromise from the get-go. It is not a school building and is not really suitable for the needs and goals of this specialized school. As for ROI, education is not widgets and the value a taxpayer receives from investing in good schools is measured down the road in the number and quality of students who become said taxpayer’s cardiologist, accountant, master electrician, etc. instead of store clerk or neighborhood burglar.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-324510 Ross Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:11:17 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-324510 @Superdave, you do realize that the current building will soon require complete renovation and replacement of infrastructure, and that the cost of doing that is about half of what it will cost to replace the building at a better location. Plus, there's no where to put the students while the renovations are done. The current location doesn't appear to have enough space for that. @Superdave, you do realize that the current building will soon require complete renovation and replacement of infrastructure, and that the cost of doing that is about half of what it will cost to replace the building at a better location. Plus, there’s no where to put the students while the renovations are done. The current location doesn’t appear to have enough space for that.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-324351 Superdave Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:03:29 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-324351 Opposition is based on my tax dollars being spent to move an existing, flourishing school less than 1 mile away from its current location. I agree that the new location would be more "ideal," but realistically I don't see tax payers getting a return proportional to what they spent. Opposition is based on my tax dollars being spent to move an existing, flourishing school less than 1 mile away from its current location. I agree that the new location would be more “ideal,” but realistically I don’t see tax payers getting a return proportional to what they spent.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-324191 miss_msry Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:02:49 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-324191 And Google shows you the location; but, Google can't really show you "Location, Location, Location." And Google shows you the location; but, Google can’t really show you “Location, Location, Location.”

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-324187 miss_msry Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:00:25 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-324187 It's now on the wrong side of the tracks, as the saying goes. Mucho mas mejor at the old Shamrock site. It’s now on the wrong side of the tracks, as the saying goes. Mucho mas mejor at the old Shamrock site.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-322607 John Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:37:05 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-322607 @superdave apparently not. They want to be inside the medical center proper. I don't understand the opposition to this school relocating inside the medical center. @superdave apparently not. They want to be inside the medical center proper. I don’t understand the opposition to this school relocating inside the medical center.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-322524 Miz Brooke Smith Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:56:12 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-322524 It's across both Almeda and 288 from the TMC. That's a big barrier. It’s across both Almeda and 288 from the TMC. That’s a big barrier.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-booing-a-debakey-high-school-for-health-professions-move-to-the-old-shamrock-hotel-site/2012-11-09/#comment-322367 Superdave Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:48:17 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=49673#comment-322367 According to Google Earth, the current Debakey HS is straight-line 4,400 feet east of the intersection of the intersection of Cambridge and Macgregor, which is the beginning of the Medical Center proper. That's not close enough? According to Google Earth, the current Debakey HS is straight-line 4,400 feet east of the intersection of the intersection of Cambridge and Macgregor, which is the beginning of the Medical Center proper. That’s not close enough?

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