[CPEO-BIF] Minnesota Schools

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Danger below? Schools weigh land risks

By Megan Boldt
Pioneer Press (MN)
September 20, 2010

The Stillwater school district had the perfect site for its new Early 
Childhood Family Center - centrally located in the district and a 
bargain at $3.2 million, including a building worth $900,000 for free.

Just one problem: An environmental study found toxic contamination on 
the site. School district officials terminated the deal last month.

Just miles away in Baytown Township, St. Croix Preparatory Academy built 
a $21 million school in an area known to have water contaminated with 
trichloroethylene. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said the site 
meets all environmental safety guidelines, but critics have argued for 
more than two years that students and staff might not be safe
down the road as more is known and environmental standards change.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.twincities.com/ci_16120004?nclick_check=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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