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CPS says district faces $3.7 billion immediate critical repairs and 86-year average building age
Summary
CPS staff told the FY27 capital hearing that the district’s average school building age is 86 years and that immediate critical repair needs total more than $3.7 billion, citing recent condition assessments.
Chief Facilities Officer Ivan Hansen described the size and condition of the district's portfolio at the hearing, saying the average facility age is 86 years and that CPS maintains roughly 62,000,000 square feet. "Our total district immediate critical need is over $3,700,000,000," Hansen said, framing the backlog as a primary driver of prioritization for the FY27 capital plan.
Hansen noted that condition assessments are visual inspections of building systems and are available on the district website; those assessments feed a data-driven, needs-based prioritization that combines facility condition, opportunity indexes, and community feedback. The district emphasized that capital planning is constrained by available funding and therefore must prioritize the most-critical repairs first.
