[CPEO-BIF] Keith Middle School to open, New Bedford, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Countdown to Keith
After years of controversy, school welcomes students tomorrow

By AARON NICODEMUS
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA)
December 11, 2006

NEW BEDFORD - It's a short walk down Hathaway Boulevard from the old 
Keith Junior High School to the new Keith Middle School. It's a walk 
that the entire staff and students will make tomorrow, from the old to 
the new, from the past to the future.

Despite their proximity, the two schools are worlds apart.
The old Keith is moldy. Wind rattles the windows. Sometimes when it 
rains, little rivers of water flow down the school's narrow hallways. 
Some classrooms get really hot, while others stay cold. The 49-year old 
school has seen better days.

...

A new $70 million Keith Middle School beckons students with gleaming 
classrooms, computers and audio-visual equipment in every class, a 
state-of-the-art auditorium and brand-new everything, from chairs to 
whiteboards to microscopes. The heat in each classroom can be controlled 
by computer.

But unlike the old Keith which has tested clean, the new Keith is built 
on a former dump site contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, heavy 
metals and other pollutants. As a result, monthly air quality tests will 
be done in the school.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-06/12-11-06/01barker1.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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