Educational master planning led by the Recovery School District and the Orleans Parish School Board will potentially leave over fifty (50) secondary, elementary and middle schools abandoned. The vitality of a neighborhood depends on its many amenities: schools, parks, stores, housing. The closing of these local schools is a serious blow to not just the children who attend, but the many other community activities that can take place in, or around, a school. Schools build community resilience. Financial constraints and demographic ‘projections’ have resulted in the pending off-loading of these assets. Can these buildings,that embody the energy and aspirations of…
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