Cass Tech High School in Detroit: $127 Million Price Tag and Roofs that Leak After 5 Months

From the Detroit Free Press today, the fiasco of a project that the new Cass Tech High School in Detroit has become.

When the new Cass Technical High School in Detroit opened in August with a $127-million price tag, it was the third most-expensive in the nation -- costing nearly twice as much as new schools recently built in nearby districts such as Plymouth and Saline.

But five months into the school year, there are leaks in the roof. Students are shivering in some classrooms and sweltering in others. The new football field and a state-of-the art printing shop are unusable.

The problems have many wondering whether students -- and taxpayers -- are getting what they deserve.

They don't have me wondering, I know. $127,000,000 just doesn't buy what it used to.