Report concludes that schools have been built too large in Massachusetts

May 2, 2011
Massachusetts School Building Authority looks at recent construction

From The Boston Globe: Nearly a quarter of school buildings in Massachusetts are significantly larger than enrollment and educational programs require, according to a state report. Many of the underutilized schools are clustered in Boston, the Cape Cod area and Western Massachusetts, areas where enrollment has dropped over the last decade, according to the report by the Massachusetts School Building Authority

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