Detroit shuts schools, seeks $1.5B bond

The Detriot News reports:

The city's schools are losing thousands of students and have closed dozens of buildings, but administrators may soon pitch a construction bond for close to $1.5 billion.

With a newly elected board in place and a $1.57 billion bond approved in 1994 almost spent, Superintendent William Coleman III's staff has put together a proposal for another bond.

Coleman says he's pushing for the question to be on the November ballot, but admits it's a long shot because of time constraints. The process of getting a bond question on the ballot typically takes nine months, and time is running out.

The future of some old industrial cities in America.Take notice,it's not just Detriot that will be closing schools.