Good morning, Washington. Have you wondered what will happen to the empty school buildings D.C. will have once Chancellor Rhee shuts down the 23 schools she plans to close? Some of the anti-closure activists have expressed concern that they will be torn down and sold to developers, but the Examiner reports a slightly different story this morning. The fate of some of the schools has already been set: Bowen Elementary School in Ward 1 is set to be turned into a police substation and homicide victims’ unit; Park View Elementary, Garnet-Patterson Middle, Bunker Hill Elementary, Green Elementary and Wilkinson Elementary are all scheduled to be used for “swing space” for existing D.C. Public School programs; and Stevens Elementary downtown will be used for an “unspecified economic development function” — does that mean condos? With so many more schools on the list, we’ll be watching to see what else the city has in store for those soon to be empty buildings.

Mt. Pleasant Fire Victims Retrieve What’s Left: Want to feel really sad this morning? The Post has a heartbreaker on the victims of the recent Mt. Pleasant fire getting back a few personal items that the fire left behind. Many of the residents of the building that was destroyed, who were largely lower income immigrant families, had kept their entire life savings in cash inside their apartments. Several reported having lost thousands of dollars in cash in the fire.

Deonte Rawlings Investigation Questioned: It’s been six months since 14-year-old Deonte Rawlings was shot and killed by an off duty D.C. police officer, and WUSA reports that the attorney for the Rawlings family is accusing Mayor Adrian Fenty of breaking his promise to the youth’s family to conduct a fair, open and honest investigation. A grand jury investigation has been convened to look into the shooting.

Briefly Noted: Man may have killed himself with cyanide … Virginia Tech families offered $100,000 settlements … Chief Lanier clashes with police union.

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