Parents are pressing for a Key Biscayne Charter High School to the point that some supporters are willing to pay with their own money to have an architect design at least drawings of a future school building.

But other Key Biscayne residents -- including some council members -- remain unconvinced that the island should go ahead with what is proposed so far despite several workshops, meetings and studies.

''I think there is a need for better education for some high school students on the Key,'' council member Michael Kelly said. ``But this plan doesn't address the problem.''

Despite the opposition, Angel Martin, chair of the Key Biscayne High School Initiative, is planning to hire an architect to come up with drawings of a future high school building. The money will come from the advocates' pockets.

But Kelly thinks the drawings might not change the council's opinion, which was influenced by a recent consultants' feasibility report.

''I was not impressed by the consultant's report because of the lack of detail and what I think are illogical conclusions,'' Kelly said.

In the report, the consultants, who cost the village more than $100,000, concluded that starting the community high school is doable.

They also reported that the school could be funded through fundraisers and government grants.

''I'm still wary on whether what the report says is conclusive,'' council member Enrique Garcia said. ``I still have a very high concern about the financial situation; I want to know if it's feasible to construct for the price they are quoting -- and the financial implications of this in the long run.''

Key Biscayne's Camille Guething thinks a community high school is a bad idea. ''We are in a recession and money is hard to come by. Our local and state schools don't have money, so where are we going to get the money from?'' she said. ''I have children and grandchildren,'' she added, ``but I don't expect others to pay for their education.''

Martin, however, thinks if people were to attend the high school workshops, they would understand how the school would benefit the island.

''People aren't looking at the intergenerational benefits this school would bring,'' Martin said. ``Traffic would be relieved by not having to commute and this would be a community learning center.''

Some council members had problems with the proposed curriculum.

''I think the curriculum they're envisioning is deficient and doesn't meet the expectations of the Key,'' council member Kelly said. ``They are going to teach 125 children on the first year with five teachers, which means there is not going to be art, no drama and no languages.''

Martin thinks the project-based curriculum would make for a good school.

``Some people are afraid that the education discussed with the consultants is too experimental and avant-garde, but everything we will offer is well-proven and efficient.''