Today’s Journal Star quotes Peoria Park District Board President Tim Cassidy saying this about the upcoming park board meeting where they will be discussing District 150’s plans to build a new school building on a corner of Glen Oak Park:

“I don’t see how we could (vote). The school district hasn’t acted on anything yet. I don’t think they’ve made a final decision. I don’t think we should be preempting the decision for them,” Park Board President Tim Cassidy said last week.

Let’s see, the school board has spent $877,500 to acquire property on the proposed site, signed a letter of intent to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the park board, hired architects and planners to work on design and programming for the new building, and spurned all attempts from the public and the City of Peoria to build on the current Glen Oak School site… am I leaving anything out? If Mr. Cassidy believes that constitutes no action on the part of the school board, then he has a most bizarre definition of inaction.

Since he doesn’t want to “preempt” the school board’s decision, the park board will not vote on the matter at Wednesday’s meeting; they’ll just hear testimony from the school board, the Heart of Peoria Commission, and the public at large.

If you’d like to attend and let the park board know how you feel about the whole thing, you can! The meeting is open to the public, and will take place 6 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 13) at Lincoln Middle School, 700 Mary St.