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eziam t1_j9gavu2 wrote

Reply to comment by Charlesinrichmond in A rare look inside (the slow) work to rebuild Richmond’s Fox Elementary School by Charlesinrichmond

It a thin line. Hopefully they had professionals (engineers, accountants, etc...) deciding the cost to rebuild or renovate. My school is getting town down and not a rebuild because it makes more $$$sense, although it's an ugly campus style from the 1960s that won't work in today's climate.

I'm just worried that the rebuild won't fix the underlying issues of having a very old and neglected school.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_j9kc567 wrote

ironically, I'm somewhat glad it burned. Fox was in one of the worst shapes of any RPS school, but there was no way it would ever get any money for renovation because it's the "rich school". It's basically a shell, they have to fix everything there. The only issue will be if they don't provide enough space and bring back the trailers which I could totally see RPS mishandling.

But better a school that will handle another 100 years than a disposable school of the sort they've built lately

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