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Pat Higgins

99:56 - 100:25

"I also have reservations that we haven't looked at Abbott Loop, what we can use internally within the city, within the school district, for to replace some of the administrative type functions. So I'm not going to support it."

“I also have reservations that we haven't looked at Abbott Loop, what we can use internally within the city, within the school district, for to replace some of the administrative type functions. So I'm not going to support it.”
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October 20, 2026

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And it is packed and there was no space to do anything. So, um, I have reservations about it for that reason. I also have reservations that we haven't looked at Abbott Loop, what we can use internally within the city, within the school district, for to replace some of the administrative type functions. So I'm not going to support it. I expect it to be approved, but I just want those things to be on the record that, that this thing represents to me some um, uh, the, the process that we choose and the impact we've got other schools involved.

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