Of my son, Mark Anderson writes:

> How's he going to Burroughs when the school no longer exists?  What is
going
> on with Burroughs anyway?  Are they building a new school at the site
of the
> old destroyed one?  Is that cheaper than renovation?  Where is your
poor
> kindergartner going tomorrow?

I guess he's part of the temporarily scattered Burroughs "community,"
but the kindergarteners are at Mt. Olivet right next door. According to
my wife, the space is quite nice - good job, school and district
administration!

(By the way, school opens on Thursday for kindergarteners...two more
days of day-care payments, drat!)

The older kids are at Brookside in St. Louis Park; that school has been
in the MPS system, but its programs have been moved to schools such as
Kenwood.

The old Burroughs is being torn down, and the new school is rising just
west of the old one on what was an open field. According to the
principal, it should open on time next year.

The old school, I'm told, was literally sinking (it was built over an
underground river between Lake Harriet and the creek). I'll let other
more experienced Burroughs hands talk about the cost-benefit of
renovation versus reconstruction.

David Brauer
King Field

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