HomeMy WebLinkAboutJackie Childs Comment 2
Please include this email at the public hearing scheduled for February 20, 2024 at 6:00p.m. regarding the
potential Hoshaw Subdivision.
This is an email in opposition to the proposed development plan. Neither our roadways nor our schools
can handle additional development to this area of Caldwell. I know there was a road study done that
recommends a turning lane on Indiana and a multi-lane round-about (that has been done). However, it
doesn't take into account actual usage of the roads. Has the P&Z commission and/or the developers
tried to enter Indiana from Laster during the morning commute (both school and work traffic is on this
road)? Even making a right hand turn can be difficult, nevermind a left. Have you been on Ustick during
spring and fall soccer seasons at Brother's park? Or at all during the winter season when all lanes leading
to the round-about are backed up nearly from intersection to intersection? We DO NOT need to add
more traffic to the mess we're already in.
Additionally, the city of Caldwell and the Planning and Zoning Commission have made it abundantly clear
over the past few years that they DO NOT care about our public school systems. Yet, I'm pleading with
you to please deny this development for the sake of our schools. My children attend Central Canyon
Elementary and Vallivue Middle School. My daughter is in kindergarten and has 28 kids in her class. Yes
28! That is almost double the amount of a preferred class size for kindergarten. Our school is completely
out of space to add more teachers because every classroom is being used. Our kids are getting less one-
on-one time because of the overcrowding, our good teachers and administrators are leaving because of
the political nightmares surrounding overcrowding, and still P&Z continues to approve development in
our district without a second thought. It has got to slow down.
Please consider denying this request for development of the Hoshaw Subdivision, or at minimum putting
it on hold for a couple of years until our new elementary schools can be built.
Best,
Jackie Childs