For the first time in 14 years, the Philadelphia School
District has assessed the state of its aging buildings, and the results are
staggering: The system identified more than 12,000 outstanding repairs.
It would cost nearly $5 billion to do the work. Officials
predict that they will need to spend $3 billion in the next 10 years to address
urgent problems.
Because of delayed maintenance, close to three-quarters
of city schools are in poor repair, and a third of all schools are in such bad
shape that they are "outside the sustainable funding range."
Engineers recommend that some of these be replaced or closed in the coming
years.
District officials said repair or closure recommendations
for some buildings were not a prediction of school closings, only a statement
of building conditions.
The school system on Friday released its multiyear, building-by-building report on facilities
conditions, an examination of 308 district schools, large athletic complexes,
and district-owned school buildings leased to charter schools. The system took
20 months to compile the report.
Source: Philly.com
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