The state legislature included $50 million in the state capital budget. Recent Chicago public high schools have cost between $75 and $130 million - and building in the area could be extra costly given that the school district does not own land for the school and the real estate prices are high near downtown.
Yep another palace built for the school system. Looking on the internet the median cost to build a new high school is $45 million. People there may need one and the article doesn’t indicate how many students it would built to serve, but even the low number for this building is higher than the median. Spare no expense…
The median high school costs $45 million and provides 173,727 square feet. It is designed to accommodate 1,000 students. The median high school provides 180 square feet per student at $49,000 for each student. The cost per square foot is $235.29.
Yep another palace built for the school system. Looking on the internet the median cost to build a new high school is $45 million. People there may need one and the article doesn’t indicate how many students it would built to serve, but even the low number for this building is higher than the median. Spare no expense…
The median high school costs $45 million and provides 173,727 square feet. It is designed to accommodate 1,000 students. The median high school provides 180 square feet per student at $49,000 for each student. The cost per square foot is $235.29.