Audit: Closing schools cost quadruple the reported price tag

Published September 9, 2012 4:00am ET



The closure of 23 DC Public Schools cost the city nearly $40 million, or four times the $9.7 million initially reported, according to a new report by the D.C. auditor.

The extra $30 million includes the demolition of two campuses, transportation of students, moving and relocating expenses, paychecks for guards to watch the empty schools and lost value of the buildings.

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