Here is the history as told to me by Vernon.He also told other people at the same gathering. The Wilsons put in a permit request with the previous planning board to build a 4 plus story condo development right on the point across the Boca Del Rio.The plan for the development is on a poster at the bridge for anyone to see. . 4 plus stories was beyond the usual height limit for the island at that time. (he has set a precedent and now there are others) He said that in exchange for an exemption to that height restriction, he would , with his own funds, build a school for the San Mateo area. According then to Francis, for some reason that I have no knowledge of, the condo development was delayed and the town had been counting on that school they were promised and asked the Wilson's to build before the condo development was complete. The idea being that the profit on the top, unusual floor, would pay for the school. So instead of paying to build the school from their own funds for whatever reason, they began to fundraise. I am not sure if the lagoon property is theirs or the towns but all the dredging and build up of land is a environmental disaster.Any land that the school is on or expanding on to will be dredged lagoon. They fill with garbage and put sand on top of the garbage. They are not the only group doing this just the only one asking for us all to fund it.The town sort of got screwed because now that fundraising dollars are unexpectantly being used to build up the school, they are being diverted from other charitable institutions on island with equal or greater need. All the information that is here is from either Vern or Francis except the opinion.