Aug. 23) -- The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, the nation's most expensive public school ever built, is set to open in Los Angeles next month, The Associated Press reports. The school is on the grounds of the former Ambassador Hotel, where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. Portions of the old hotel remain -- the Coconut Grove nightclub has been transformed into an auditorium, the hotel diner has become a teacher's lounge, and the ballroom where Kennedy was shot will be a library.
The school takes a place next to the country's other so-called "Taj Mahal" schools, which all came at a cost of more than $100 million. (The real Taj Mahal, by comparison, cost an estimated 62 million Indian rupees to build at the time, which comes to about $687,286 American, not adjusted for inflation.) Below, Surge Desk takes a look at these costly centers of learning.
1. Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, Los Angeles
Price: $578 million
Students: 4,200
Size: 452,000 square feet
Amenities: Fine art murals, marble memorial, swimming pool, 19,000-square-foot public park
The Most Expensive Public High Schools in America
The school takes a place next to the country's other so-called "Taj Mahal" schools, which all came at a cost of more than $100 million. (The real Taj Mahal, by comparison, cost an estimated 62 million Indian rupees to build at the time, which comes to about $687,286 American, not adjusted for inflation.) Below, Surge Desk takes a look at these costly centers of learning.
1. Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, Los Angeles
Price: $578 million
Students: 4,200
Size: 452,000 square feet
Amenities: Fine art murals, marble memorial, swimming pool, 19,000-square-foot public park
The Most Expensive Public High Schools in America
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