tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post5334986863556217577..comments2023-10-01T08:28:11.595-07:00Comments on Of Paramount Importance: Q and A on Shoreline Historical Museum StatusJanet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-47626864242474834312010-01-12T15:10:14.309-08:002010-01-12T15:10:14.309-08:00Thanks to all who've commented! Keep it up and...Thanks to all who've commented! Keep it up and pass the word about this Blog to keep the conversation going. You are the messengers!! <br /><br />Also, you can send a message to the Shoreline School Board and to Shoreline Area News (see link in this blog).<br /><br />http://www.shorelineschools.org/school_board/contact.php<br /><br />JanetJanet Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-36197732153854709922010-01-12T14:58:52.000-08:002010-01-12T14:58:52.000-08:00If the School District will hurry and get out the ...If the School District will hurry and get out the word that they will allow the museum (the ENTIRE museum) to continue to use the Historic Ronald School building, as they declared they would on the legal quit claim deed, then I will vote Yes. Otherwise. I may have to wait until the next time around. <br /><br />I agree, there is plenty of room on the non museum part of the property to house students and their cars, too. Two additional stories plus a vast parking area! Why the desperation to access the Ronald School. What is the logic to expensively modernizing a historic building-wasting the huge investment in creating the historic look when there were plans made that don't incorporate it?<br /><br />I want to see a reasonble agreement between the two parties ASAP. Leaving something of this nature in limbo for this long is creating anxiety, fear and anger in a lot of folks. It's adding intense conflict and could delay our getting updated High Schools and enough funds for operations. <br /><br />I want to hear good news NOW! I want to vote for Schools AND the ENTIRE Museum.JEDHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518962237379140750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-27995515192040482322010-01-10T13:03:37.954-08:002010-01-10T13:03:37.954-08:00In response to Kendahl Adjorlolo:
As someone who ...In response to Kendahl Adjorlolo:<br /><br />As someone who was born and raised in Shoreline, whose father attended the Ronald School, and a Museum board member I feel I must respond. I am not an attorney and this is my personal opinion.<br /><br />The School Board began the Shorewood design process without even notifying the Shoreline Historical Museum. Since that time nearly a year ago, the Museum management has tried to work with the School's management to find a solution to the District's assertion that there wouldn't be space on the current Shorewood site to house the Museum in the Ronald School Building and the new school. <br /><br />The School District has stated that although a prior School Board in 1989 gave a quit-claim deed to the Museum, this deed was invalid due to the fact that proper notification was not made to the State Superintendent's office. The reasoning then ran that since the Museum's deed was invalid, the School District owned the building and could evict the Museum at will. <br /><br />In fact, I personally found a map in the Shoreline School District archives that makes it very clear that the Ronald School was surplused prior to the time notification to the State was necessary. I believe that the 1989 quit-claim deed is valid, that the Museum owns the building, and that the School District has room on the Shorewood site to build the new school and house the Museum in the Ronald School.<br /><br />The Ronald School is the oldest public building in Shoreline. I believe the building has value as a learning tool. Gutting the building and saving part of the facade to incorporate into a new school would just leave a few bricks. Thousands of school children have gone through the building and been delighted to see the quaint closets, imagine the students in the school rooms, and walk the same stairs that earlier generations walked. All these aspects of the Ronald Building would be lost if it is gutted as the District proposes.<br /><br />I am very dismayed at having to oppose anything the School District puts up for a vote. I've always trusted them to do what is right, but I don't believe they have been honest with the community or the Museum on this issue, so there seems no alternative but to advocate a "no" vote. <br /><br />Tracy TallmanTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876557363253850080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-66499838236607798152010-01-09T23:48:56.569-08:002010-01-09T23:48:56.569-08:00Thank you for posting that informative message, Ja...Thank you for posting that informative message, Janet. Yes, we could still go to visit historic "things" if the space were to change, but so much of what this museum should be is the "experience" of visiting the original rooms, seeing the actual spaces in which students spent their days studying, the worn steps they climbed; comparing it to present-day classrooms. I love visiting preserved old buildings. It's not nearly the same to just see the furnishings or things in another setting. The feeling is lost. We must make sure present and future generations have the opportunity to "feel" the past.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420557754881107191noreply@blogger.com