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Deferred maintenance rarely shows up all at once. It isn’t a sudden collapse that makes headlines - it’s the slow drip of neglect over years. A roof patched again instead of replaced. A boiler reset instead of repaired. A hallway that’s “mostly dry” when it rains. Each delay feels small. Each postponement feels temporary. But every “next year” is a gamble with safety, trust, taxpayer and family dollars. A Global Problem With Local Impact This issue isn’t unique to one distric