[Socon-Econ]

It wasn’t the building’s fault, so why punish the taxpayers by teating it down? Sends students a message that buildings are to be blamed rather than our politicians.

[GaltAdonis]

"...why punish the taxpayers? ..."

Because that's what taxpayers are FOR, silly.

[BiglyCommentary]

The cost of the new school should come out of the coward cops’s pensions.

[metmom]

I don’t have a problem with tearing it down in this case.

I’m not superstitious, but I would not want to be the one to use that classroom for anything ever again. Not with the memories tied to it.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They’re going to tear it down because Biden suggested it.

[DoodleDawg]

It wasn’t the building’s fault, so why punish the taxpayers by teating it down? Sends students a message that buildings are to be blamed rather than our politicians.

I believe the school building is 30 or 40 years old. If they are going to do the kind of security hardening that they're talking about then it's probably cheaper to start from scratch and design a new one and then build it.

[1Old Pro]

It wasn’t the building’s fault, so why punish the taxpayers by tearing it down? Sends students a message that buildings are to be blamed rather than our politicians.

If this is precedent, then when will we be tearing down the entire South side of Chicago for political malfeasance.