School's Out Forever

In 1972, Alice Cooper rocked our world with the lyrics from his hit song, School's Out:

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

Boy, if ever there was a theme song for the Baltimore City school system right now, this is it. Now that Baltimore is going to have a surplus of old school buildings on its hands, preservationists might want to read up on strategies and efforts made elsewhere to save some of those historic piles from the wrecking ball. Start by boning up on what the National Trust has been doing to address this nationwide crisis. And lose the white snake.