As I understand it, there is a group at Hadley that is proposing adding 6 portable classrooms at a cost of ~$500k to accommodate curriculum changes. Am I correct?

If I am correct, does anyone know how this curriculum committee was charged? Were they told to propose whatever they thought best, with cost being no object? Or were they instructed to see what could be done the best with our existing facilities? Or something else?

At any point do they attempt to quantify with any precision the results they expect from their proposals, so those results can be weighed against the projected costs? Just speaking for myself, but it is not enough to convince me to simply say "Our current programs/facilities/methods are outdated" and "This is the way things are done in many fine schools today." I'd like to know exactly how many kids are being inadequately served under the current system, and/or how many kids will derive increased benefit from the changes.

It just seems that if I ask my wife what she wants to have for dinner, I don't expect a response that involves remodeling the kitchen!