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Jul 12, 2005
City Council Debates School Repair Legislation
The students may not be in the classroom, but District officials and activists are still working to find ways to address the problem of the city’s crumbling schools. Legislation currently working its way through the City Council’s Finance and Education Committee’s would allow the city to borrow up to $1 billion for much-needed school repairs, an issue that has repeatedly dogged D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and D.C. Schools Superintendent Clifford Janey and may well become…