National Trust for Historic Preservation’s new report outlines policy change needed to preserve older, neighbourhood schools
A decade ago the National Trust for Historic Preservation led the way when it released the seminal report Why Johnny Can’t Walk to School: Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl and placed neighborhood schools on America’s 11 Most Endangered Places list. Now the Center for State and Local Policy has released a new report that describes ways states and localities can help put preservation on a level playing field with new construction. While we’ve made some progress and have been joined in the fight for walkable, neighborhood schools by organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control, we continue to lose older and historic schools at an alarming rate. The report, produced through a cooperative agreement with the EPA, is another tool for advocates working to preserve these important community anchors.