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Article: The Drip, Drip, Drip Of a School's Decline; Parents Seek Repairs at Fort Lincoln
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
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From a 3 1/2-foot hole in a ceiling, brown water drips into
industrial-size trash bins. Green splotches of mildew dot the carpet.
Mold is growing in the corners of a room. The glass on sliding doors
is cracked from top to bottom. The stench of urine fouls the air in
bathrooms with no private stalls.
This is Fort Lincoln Elementary School, an 18-year-old building
where the District of Columbia spends $7,673 a year for each of 394
children to learn.
For more than a year, the parents of some of those children have
been pleading with D.C. officials to repair the building. They've
urged their school board member, Angie K. Corley (Ward 5), to do
something. They've met with administrators, ...