Public school facilities are essential
Source: State of Our Schools 2016
Public school facilities are crumbling
The average public school is nearly 50 years old. Too many of these buildings are falling apart. Leaky roofs, broken windows, busted boilers—the basics. According to a 2020 June GAO report, in nearly every category of building systems, almost one quarter of the districts had half or more of their schools needed updates or replacement