Re-Purposing inner & almost inner-city schools

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So what is the solution? Continue to build schools in new communities to keep the voters in those areas happy and at the same time, keep every old school open as well? I believe there are situations where the removal of an old school and repurposing that land might be in the best interests of the taxpayer - maintenance and upkeep on an old school can be a very costly endeavour in the hopes that there might be enough school aged kids in the future to fully utilize that school. And besides all of the above, what of the multitudes of parents who are so against the busing of their kids - only more new schools will really address those concerns. Finally another possible little twist - the very real possibility of a growing inner-city population with school aged kids, how will we properly accommodate them as there certainly very few schools in the belt line and once again, the whole busing issue will come to ahead again.