www.audacy.com/knxnews/news/local/woodland-hills-high-school-unveils-usd230m-football-stadium
Taft H.S. $230,000,000 football stadium
Yeah, I knew something was a bit off here. KNX (and CBS for that matter) need to do better with their reporting.
KNX was the only reason i believed at face value. I am disappoint.
You did nothing wrong. It’s the journalists who are to blame 🫵
Don’t put that on me. It was KNX , seemingly trustworthy.
Nonetheless, they spent more than needed on sports.
Yes it was the news outlet that published the piece. But if you are going to repost something then you are amplifying it and should do some basic fact checking yourself or don’t post it. If we are going to break this cycle with misinformation then people need to decide what is more important - being correct or being acknowledged online.
Even outlets that are almost always considered reliable and accurate? I would probably post something from AP without independently verifying, is that okay? What about NBC or CBS?
I always thought of KNX as a reputable local source. Admittedly, I haven’t had any interaction with their material for years, but I could easily see myself making the same mistake as OP.
Edit- I would probably also delete the post once I knew it wasn’t accurate.
In my opinion yes. I worked as a freelancer for the AP along ago (among other places) and would definitely question anything coming out of any news outlet. If you see similar reporting coming from multiple outlets it could be coming from press releases, or reporter reusing other people’s work, etc. If there are things you can independently verify - then I would personally feel ok reposting under my name. But if you can’t figure out if something is true why would you feel compelled to share it? This same incorrect information was on the local CBS news a well.
I’m going to put it directly on you with your shitty commentary added. Let’s see your state taxes paid 2023 and see exactly how much you actually contributed…
I’d love to see the conditions of their library and science labs
probably really nice, if a school is blowing hundreds of millions on a football field then it has more than enough for the rest of it’s infrastructure
What the project involves. It’s much more than a stadium. Sorry, but this article is lazy journalism with a rage bait title.
“Officials from Los Angeles Unified and members of the Woodland Hills community broke ground today on a $145.7 million investment that will modernize facilities at Taft Charter High School. This significant investment includes the construction of several new state-of-the-art facilities, including a competition-sized synthetic track, a softball field, annex building, home bleachers, scoreboard, restrooms, elevators and bridges.”
“The entire Taft Charter High School family and surrounding community will benefit from these safety upgrades to classroom buildings, a new annex building, football and softball fields and other major improvements.”
“The project will include seismic improvements to several key facilities, including the school’s multipurpose room, industrial arts facility and administrative building. Six classrooms will receive HVAC and plumbing upgrades and funds will also be dedicated to site improvements, including upgrades to the school’s interior, exterior, utilities, lighting and security. This project is expected to be completed in spring 2026.”
I'm glad to hear the MPR is finally getting renovated. Back in 2005, it was impossible to hear any of our performances.
Definitely does, the question is did they USE it for those things.
You forgot the /s.
It’s not that great. The buildings could use some renovation.
Shit fuck all of that what’s the condition of the students education ? Like the CORE. are these kids cooked too ? Cause I over heard a group of highschoolers and ima be honest I didn’t know what they were saying at all
The $230 million wasn't just for a football stadium. It was multiple projects for the entire school which add up to $230 million. A lot of buildings across the campus were altered or completely reconstructed, as well as the stadium.
thanks! I was wondering how the hell a football field would cost that much to renovate for a high school. It's not a stadium and the field already exists.
Need a dome for... bad weather.
Stupid rage bait. $230 million to upgrade an entire school seems about right... which includes constructing an entirely new building.
I looked it up in the DSA records. Some projects were up to $22 million. Most were less.
So this is clickbait. Although if this was Texas I wouldn't be surprised. I was in some small town outside Austin and there was a stadium that cost something like 60 mil and this was 12 years ago
Thanks for the facts. I was thinking there is no way Taft built a $230 million dollar stadium. That’s a college stadium, or a Texas High School football one 😂
Good to know. Interesting how even on the LAUSD website they seem most proud that much of the money is going towards sports.
Being a former LAUSD employee, that’s how they are.
Much isn’t defined. It’s upgrading the whole school, your post isn’t accurate, the assumption that “much” is going towards is also untrue, you can help to stem the misinformation by deleting your post or updating the post to reflect the error.
Wow this is a terrible headline. Is anyone paying attention to how bad that looks? Sheesh.
Lot of happy contractors out there.
It is not just for the football stadium - includes seismic retrofits, utility upgrades, etc. to multiple buildings on campus:
"The entire Taft Charter High School family and surrounding community will benefit from these safety upgrades to classroom buildings, a new annex building, football and softball fields and other major improvements.”
The project will include seismic improvements to several key facilities, including the school’s multipurpose room, industrial arts facility and administrative building. Six classrooms will receive HVAC and plumbing upgrades and funds will also be dedicated to site improvements, including upgrades to the school’s interior, exterior, utilities, lighting and security."
My old stomping grounds
Teachers' salaries are looking at this like wtf?
Teachers in LA are paid pretty well. My partner makes $70k as an high school teacher and we’re still in our 20s.
Teacher’s unions have very good at convincing the public that teachers get very low pay. To always ask for more money every election. Only teachers that are starting out don’t get paid much. Teachers with 10-15 plus years experience get 6 figures. Especially at the district level. The lauds superintendent makes about half a million a year. That’s US president’s salary btw.
Administration is shockingly overpaid but the teachers make a living wage for the most part. Just like the private sector unfortunately.
What’s a living wage in LA?? This whole topic on teacher are being made by people who are not teachers or don’t know anyone who are teachers. Tax the rich the right amount and this won’t be a problem. Making 60k in LA is hard to make ends meet and provide a teacher with the comfort and success to bring the full attention of their skills to kids in LA. Let’s bring the best out of people so that they can bring the best out of our future generations.
Agreed. I should have said some teachers make a living wage. I stand corrected.
The median household income in the City of LA is $76,000 a year. Most households have more than one income earner to reach that number. What is, in your opinion, a living wage?
Well, obviously everyone wants to cheap out on education, so f teachers. So, marry up teachers so that you can live comfortably but just remember that median and living comfortably in LA is after taxes and the rate listed by tiers is pre tax so, I guess they are screwed again. Nobody appreciates education or the people in the education system we just have de-evolved in the United States, that we just see no value in it anymore. What a sad sad group of people.
$60k is far more than the average salary of any professional in Los Angeles. Please just answer the question. What’s a living wage?
median and living comfortably in LA is after taxes
The $76k figure is pre tax.
Hard to believe fox has made this reportliving in LA!! living in EL Aaaa!!
If $76k after tax is the figure you’re going with, then the new LAUSD contract pretty much hits it for the average teacher salary.
You must be joking?!?! Where in the United States does a teacher make a living wage???? Please source because I can’t believe this is true and for me a teacher should be paid a high salary probably higher than a president because we all know they deserve it.
Question: If you pay every teacher $500,000 a year. Where would that money come from?
Rich assholes. Plus that doesn’t say they are currently being paid that much so??? 125k would be good for teachers to make and we would get better quality teachers in our system, instead of frustrated, overworked, poor teachers in our society.
Teachers work 9 months out of the year and get decent to good salaries
putting our hard earned tax dollars back into the pocket of contractors. Congratulations on a job... done.
That's for the entire school, also upgrading your sports facilities for safety will drastically decrease lawsuits. Messed up field with holes=broken bones and expensive lawsuits or insurance payouts
Except when a bunch of kids come down with Leukemia from all the PFAS in the turf they installed instead of real grass.
Not all synthetic turf fields use the crumb rubber in it, and there’s been a movement away from using it on newer turf fields. I’m not sure if this specific field has it.
Unfortunately, it's in the synthetic grass as well.
Definitely more than a football field but as someone in the school construction business, I can also tell you costs are astronomical right now. Think 40-75% more than 5 years ago, depending on what it is.
I went to Taft
When I was there we didn’t have air conditioning at all.
Basically the first two months of the year were uninhabitable.
I’m glad we are spending tax money upgrading our schools.
Of course it’s a charter school
Thought I was on r/Texas for a minute where this is normal.
Lol my dad went to Canoga Park HS in the 70s and played football. I brought this up to him and he just went on an AL Bundy-esque rant about playing football back then and I'm dying
Canoga Park, where even mascot's got a gun!
The audacity to have no pic or vids
Yeah sports! Whooooo!
I remember when the field was lopsided, all dirt, dirt track, and broken wooden bleachers lol
Interesting.
Gen Alpha is the smallest generation since Gen X and a lot of parents, particularly from affluent areas, are not allowing their sons to play football.
Yes, but you see, the majority of people deciding these sorts of plans and expenditures are from a prior generation, and enamored with football.
the good news is that its a large olympic-sized sports field with partial stadium seating, so the field itself is relatively future-proof as far as usage goes. yes, it is currently set up for football, but the field can easily be re-painted (or re-laid, if needed) to accommodate any other major sport
I wonder how many bridges could be inspected and fixed for that amount.
None.
While libraries are only kept open like five hours a day
Aren’t we in a budget crisis?
I need to move my kids to that district lol
Like American dollars?
Hah, I thought they meant the city of Taft from the headline. 230m is worth more than entire town.. but Woodland Hills makes more sense
There were definitely a lot of injuries in my freshman year here, so I’m just really lucky to have this facility
Should we tell him?
You idiots are falling for fake news
It isn't fake, it is misleading.
No it’s fake because they didn’t spend 230 million on a football stadium. The claim is literally fake.
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So how much did they spend?
I've been trying to look it up but there are multiple projects, so it would take some time to tabulate.
So the. How do you know they didn’t spend that much?
No one project cost $230 million. It was spread across about 15-20 smaller projects.
Ok, but I asked how you know?
Through DSA records.
One cheerleader told KNX News’ Karen Adams she feels safer on the new facility’s turf than on the real grass of the old field.
“There were definitely a lot of injuries in my freshman year here, so I’m just really lucky to have this facility,” she said.
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230??? Million ???
So... I'm guessing they produce gods of NFL?
Wikipedia tells me not really
Yeah yeah. I get it, bad journalism and incomplete info. Even if they spent $23,000,000 on high school football it would be too much. They don’t need “state of the art”
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This is just crappy journalism. The is part of a project at Taft to upgrade the entire school. Work has been going on for several years. The original announcement at a lower cost is here: https://ca01000043.schoolwires.net/site/Default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&PageID=1&ViewID=6446ee88-d30c-497e-9316-3f8874b3e108&FlexDataID=114504.
You can rightly point out the usual government overruns but it is pretty easy to fact check this nonsense before posting.