The district’s grand plan to makeover six of Stamford’s public schools by 2024 using a public-private partnership model is garnering push-back from the ranks of workers who currently maintain school buildings. Under the proposed plan, the city would sell about one third of its school land to a private developer for one dollar each. The private developer would in turn demolish the existing school, build a new one to the city’s design and then lease it back to the city for a 45- to 90-year lease, after which ownership of the land and buildings would revert back to the city. The city’s Director of Administration Mike Handler, the primary architect of the plan, has repeatedly said the private sector can construct and maintain school buildings for significantly cheaper than the city.
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