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Palm Beach (Fla.) district needs more than 100,000 ADA-related repairs

Comprehensive facilities review turns up huge backlog of projects
May 16, 2011

From The Palm Beach Post: The Palm Beach (Fla.) school district says it needs to make more than 100,000 repairs to schools to meet federal accessibility standards for people with disabilities. The district recently completed a comprehensive facilities review and identified 100,973 work orders for items that need to be fixed, replaced or redesigned to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, says district facilities chief Joe Sanches.

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