Options abound for use of Phineas Davis Elementary

Full story: The York Daily Record

Patricia Thumma and her son, Harvey Thumma, both attended Phineas Davis Elementary School when it was a junior high school.

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M Kilgore

Nashville, IN

It saddens me to think this omce wonderful school has been left to poor condition. When will the people of York awaken to intelligent solutions? Acquire and spend the money to bring this building to code and use it. Do not make the mistake of false progress. Look at downtown. How much was spent there to "beautify" the streets and "cut crime" in the area? The narrow streets and jammed traffic killed downtown businesses. When I come home to visit, I avoid downtown and my beloved visits to Central Market.

David

Kissimmee, FL

Any change of use would require the building to be brought up to code and would probably negate the "grandfathering." Many others in the country have been converted to medical facilities, condos, offices for school board/administration, etc. This is obviously the result of short sighted budgeting for years allowing the facility to slowly "decay."

ICE

York, PA

Judged:

The building needs HVAC work and a new roof, the classrooms are not large enough and would need to be expanded to meet current standards, some changes would be necessary to improve handicap accessibilty. The buildings construction is solid and it's a shame that this school district has been underfunded for so many years forcing it to delay needed upgrades and potentialy leading them to stop utilizing this school that is located in a safe neighborhood.

Tony

York, PA

A rooming house? Are you kidding me? That would raise hell, trying to convert PD into a rooming house.$5 million is a drop in the bucket for a school district. New schools are being built all the time for 40-70 million dollars. You would think that as PC as schools are, they would do something environmentally correct and refurbish old buildings instead of building new ones. Much less damaging to the environment.

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