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4 <br />ask for $66 million would cause the referendum to fail <br />decisively. Third we need a plan which is clear and in <br />sufficient detail that the people can understand and believe <br />in it. <br />We propose that the County Commission now change its <br />procedure. You have heard what the schools would like to <br />have. We suggest that you now turn to the problem of what <br />we can afford. <br />The first step would be to obtain the land. Let's not <br />quibble about how much acreage to buy and whether it should <br />contain one school or two or three. New land is not being <br />produced anymore, and if we over -buy we can sell it or <br />reserve it for the future. It is always good to have extra <br />land, and land will be cheaper before a decision is made <br />about location that afterwards! Once the land is in hand, <br />it becomes possible to estimate the cost of building. The <br />shape of a site, the contours, the drainage, the soil, and <br />subsoil have direct impacts on the cost of construction. <br />While the search is on for land, a planning committee <br />should be formulating a realistic idea of what is needed. <br />The issues of NEWSWEEK and US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT <br />mentioned earlier describe many curricular innovations which <br />should be considered. We should remember the famous <br />architectural admonition , "form follows function ". Our <br />