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Friday, June 30, 2006
A Million Bucks an Acre
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When I overheard my colleague Mary MacDonald reporting this story, I assumed I heard wrong. Surely, she did not say the Fulton district paid a million dollars an acre for property so they can build a new school. Alas, she did. The price is $1.1 million an acre.
The district is so desperate for some earth to build an elementary school that it’s razing some older homes in a neighborhood homeowners thought would be turned into upscale condos. (Because you know there aren’t nearly enough upscale condos going up around town!)
I don’t know of a good discussion question here. I guess, do you accept the shoulder shrugging it-costs-what-it-costs arguement? Or should district officials have found a cheaper way to bring more elementary school classrooms to Sandy Springs? If this were happening in your neighborhood, would you prefer a school or fancy housing?
