"The classrooms were dusty and stuff," said fifth-grader J'zariyah Hale."And the bathrooms were a mess."
It was a story years in the making. The district doesn't get any state funding specifically for building improvements. The school is comprised of nearly all students of color, and 82% of them qualify for free or reduced lunch. National data show the wealthiest districts invest about 40% more on new buildings and major renovations than the poorest. Poorer districts spend 20% more of their budgets to band-aid their aging schools, something they did for years in Harvey.
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