Pentagon short on funds to upgrade schools on military bases

From iWatch News: A Pentagon official has acknowledged that the Defense Department is more than $1 billion short of what’s needed to repair decrepit public schools on military bases. The official, Jo Ann Rooney, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, says that with the $250 million that Congress appropriated this year for the upgrades, the Pentagon will be able to start renovating or replacing only about a dozen of the public schools on bases. A recent Pentagon report found that about 62 of the 160 civilian-run schools are in “poor” or “failing” condition.