{"id":5275,"date":"2021-05-07T06:58:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T10:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2021-05-07T06:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T10:58:39","slug":"city-council-considers-plan-to-sink-burlington-high-school-in-lake-champlain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/city-council-considers-plan-to-sink-burlington-high-school-in-lake-champlain\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Considers Plan to Sink Burlington High School in Lake Champlain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BURLINGTON – After months of debate with no clear solutions in sight, the Burlington City Council will now debate a proposed plan for dealing with the abandoned high school building that experts say is permanently unusable<\/a>. The plan, suggested after the Lake Champlain Transportation Company asked to sink an old ferry in the lake<\/a>, would see the building and grounds moved approximately two miles west of their present location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This seems like a pretty good plan,” said Joan Shannon (D-South). “It’s going to be a lot less expensive than the other proposed clean-up plans, leaving us more money to focus on building a new high school. I was thinking we could tear down some apartment buildings to make room for one. Lord knows we have way too much housing around here as it is.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan faces some heavy opposition from progressives, who have taken an issue with dumping the cancerous high school into the town’s water supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just don’t think dumping it in Appletree Bay is the best idea,” said council president Max Tracy (P-2). Surely there are places in the lake further south that would be a much better fit for hazardous chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracy admitted he was being “a bit of a Karen” about the whole thing, drawing a look of rage from Karen Paul (D-6), but felt that his base would prefer not to drink carcinogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But think of how cool it would be to snorkel around the old high school!” pleaded Chip Mason (D-5). “Our kids could learn history and<\/em> limnology and the same time! Literal seahorses, people!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan is not expected to pass at this time, especially considering Mayor Miro Weinberger’s strong opposition to any plan that does not somehow involve Don Sinex.<\/p>\n

Image Credits: VTDigger<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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