Texas district builds four new schools it can’t afford to operate
October 14, 2016
By Victor Skinner
FRISCO, Texas – A Texas school district is considering shelving plans for four new schools after board members realized they don’t have the money to operate them.
Workers are still constructing four schools in the Frisco Independent School District – Memorial High School, Lawler Middle School, and Talley and Lisacano elementary schools – but district staffers are expected to recommend that the school board not use them, because they would cost more to operate than the district can afford, the Dallas News reports.keepschoolsclosed
The district is facing a $30 million budget deficit due to voters in august rejecting a tax hike, and the elimination of a state fund next school year. Leaving the four schools closed would save $15 million, superintendent Jeremy Lyon told the news site.
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