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Fast-forward fifty years (from the 1960s) to 2010, and the question becomes, why should we consider renovating the 1960s school era buildings, especially if they maybe lacking culturally, economically and technologically from the present? Isn’t it easier to create the 2010 school model as a new facility and build what is needed from the ground up? The answer in a perfect world might be “yes,” but we don’t live in a perfect world. The cost for building a new school is generally several times more expensive than renovation and the ability to find new land within an established community and outfit that land with new infrastructure only increases the tax burden of its citizens.
