Abigail Fallon, Author at Show-Me Institute https://showmeinstitute.org/author/abigail-fallon/ Where Liberty Comes First Tue, 05 May 2026 16:27:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://showmeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/show-me-icon-150x150.png Abigail Fallon, Author at Show-Me Institute https://showmeinstitute.org/author/abigail-fallon/ 32 32 Vacant School Buildings: An Examination of Kansas City and Saint Louis https://showmeinstitute.org/publication/accountability/vacant-school-buildings-an-examination-of-kansas-city-and-saint-louis/ Thu, 28 May 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://showmeinstitute.local/publications/vacant-school-buildings-an-examination-of-kansas-city-and-saint-louis/ Decades of declining enrollment have left the Kansas City and Saint Louis school districts with a unique problem—too many school buildings. Rather than operate schools well below capacity, the districts […]

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]]> Decades of declining enrollment have left the Kansas City and Saint Louis school districts with a unique problem—too many school buildings. Rather than operate schools well below capacity, the districts have elected to close many schools, leaving the district with vacant school buildings. This paper explores the problem of vacant school buildings and offers suggestions for returning these public buildings back to productive use. Specifically, we recommend that vacant school buildings be leased or sold to public charter schools. Both districts are making progress in this regard, but they have much room for improvement when it comes to disinvesting from abandoned school buildings.

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]]> Show-Me Now! Should St. Louis Sell Its Vacant Schools? https://showmeinstitute.org/article/uncategorized/show-me-now-should-st-louis-sell-its-vacant-schools/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:35:39 +0000 http://showmeinstitute.local/show-me-now-should-st-louis-sell-its-vacant-schools/ Like many major cities, St. Louis has a large number of vacant school buildings; however, the process for purchasing those buildings should be streamlined.

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]]> Like many major cities, St. Louis has a large number of vacant school buildings; however, the process for purchasing those buildings should be streamlined.

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