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Ping . -. <br />s= students, and said Rogers can han <br />of, dle ° 1,800 students . now. He ques <br />a tioned why it would cost up to $2 <br />million'to renovate buildings just t <br />e; `accommodate 200 more students. <br />we Gregg Hanke also raised the is <br />ird. sue of cost. 'We are going to <br />e , 'spending' millions of dollars: M <br />r children are going to be paying fo <br />it," he said.", <br />d The estimated cost bf $20 millio <br />al -Would increase the tax rate by a <br />o proximately, 50 cents over . th <br />e . course of a 20 year period. The tax <br />a rate increase would be even higher <br />t Hanke pointed out,, if 'the middl <br />school and elementary' school <br />g, phases also are pursued. <br />s, Koepke said that this plan would <br />eliminate, duplicate services, which <br />s. would in turn save.money.'She,also <br />s indicated that many of the local <br />businesses which provide funding <br />as well as services are willing to do <br />i- this' for one school but not for two. <br />She said that more opportunities <br />thiAkI then, be . made . available to <br />udents. <br />Some of the 'people present in- <br />t dicated ''the loyalties,, they fel <br />toward' Elston, . however ,the <br />stressed ' the need forone -high <br />school. "There is ' nothing wrong <br />With bringing the rich tradition that <br />is` Elston. High school to ,Rogers <br />High School,'. Dibkey said.",,, <br />".`Where Elston is, isnot sacred." <br />.she said. "What Elston is; ' .is sa- <br />cred."' .. <br />ile. <br />eitherS'11 . <br />