{
  "id": 18317,
  "title": "Detroit school board signals desire to find alternatives to demolition for four closed buildings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/detroit-school-board-signals-desire-to-find-alternatives-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-07-30T22:06:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chalkbeat",
    "slug": "chalkbeat",
    "url": "https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2026/07/30/detroit-school-board-reconsiders-plans-to-demolish-four-closed-buildings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Detroit school board is reconsidering plans to demolish four recently closed schools after facing community criticism. The Detroit Public Schools Community District originally planned to begin demolitions in June 2027. In the months preceding the school closures at…",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Chalkbeat",
        "title": "Iris Taylor, leader in Detroit healthcare and DPSCD board member, dies at 74",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/iris-taylor-leader-in-detroit-healthcare-and-dpscd-board-member-dies",
        "published": "2026-07-31T01:14:15.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}