DPSCD school board rejects $1 million offer for Cooley High School

A landscape shot of a vacant high school building, with boarded and broken windows as well as graffiti tags along the facade. — One side of the vacant Cooley High School in northwest Detroit. Known in its heyday for its academics, athletics as well as its Mediterranean Revival architectural style, the building has decayed in recent years following its closure in 2010. (Ethan Bakuli / Chalkbeat)

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