PHOENIX, AZ — Like many schools across the nation, public schools in Arizona have seen better days.
We’re not talking about the students or teachers but the buildings themselves. Basically, they’re fall-ing apart. Reports in the local newspapers chronicle schools whose roofs are falling in, or whose heating and air conditioning systems are inadequate and sometimes nonexistent. One story profiled a school in which a large tree was growing in the gutters because no one had ever cleaned them out.