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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Mitchell
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
School Closings - Let's Give Charter Schools a Chance to Grow
FOR the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Public School System establish a process to determine the best way to utilize closed school buildings, by giving communities the option of utilizing them and providing communities the option of opening new or expanding current charter schools.
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In Baltimore City, we are currently witnessing the closing of numerous public schools. The students who attend these schools are being moved and told which other schools they should go to. The problem that arises from these school closings is an interesting one. What is to be done with the school buildings after they close and are vacant? It seems that it would be a waste to allow the buildings to lie vacant until their use is needed. Being that we are limited in space and resources, we should use these school buildings to either expand or refresh our ailing school system or provide the community with some type of use agreement.
Once a school is closed, the building is then turned over to the City as "surplus property." It is at this point that the City has control of the property and can use it if it chooses to do so. Once the City has these buildings as surplus properties, the City should investigate whether there are any community use...
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