Little Froggie, Your shul sounds like my kind of place.
There are however practical problems with your ideal approach. It is now midwinter as far as the calendar is concerned, and from the earliest time for shachris to the time the children have to go to school is about 1hr 20 min. In the ‘Yeshivishe yohren’ we could daven like that, but at this time, I personally have to look at that as the ideal which will have to wait until my retirement to be rediscovered.
I think there are two threads going on here, which can both be found in most shuls. There are those who say that davening is too quick and they want to spend more time in the presence of The Creator. And there are others who are saying that a 40 min Brochos to Oleinu is enough to achieve what we need to.