I hear a lot of pie-in-the-sky utopian BS about education and equity and having an actual building that shields children from the elements. But when will parents and bleeding-heart liberals realize that the only way to save public education in this country is to turn every elementary, middle, and high school from Portland to San Francisco, from Pittsburgh to Iowa City, into high-end condos?
How else can we be expected to handle HVAC upgrades, remove asbestos tiles and lead water lines, and make much-needed improvements to accessibility? The sooner you realize the only way to make school buildings ADA-compliant is to turn them into 8K-per-month luxury apartments, the faster we can all move forward.
You wouldn’t believe how much money developers are offering for those art deco, prewar, and mid-mod era schools. You know how if you live in a gentrifying neighborhood, you get calls from people trying to con you out of your house for like 30 percent of market value? Well, guess what — those guys are calling about schools too. And money talks, especially when it’s 27.5 percent of market value and belongs to the public…