[CPEO-IRF] Pennsylvania Army Reserve Centers

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bear Creek school eyes Reserves site
The Route 115 facility, when vacant, would be used for middle school 
students.

By BONNIE ADAMS
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader (PA)
May 31, 2006


PLAINS TWP. - The Bear Creek Community Charter School wants to open a 
second campus for middle school students in a military facility the U.S. 
Army Reserve plans to vacate.

In a letter to military officials, the school's board of trustees said 
the student population has topped 300 and the school is investigating 
adding to the Bear Creek school on state Route 115 or expanding to a 
"split campus" for the upper grades.

Lt. Col. Paul Burnham said Tuesday that the property has generated 
significant interest in comparison with 17 other military properties 
available in three states.

The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the 
local center be closed as the Army Reserve looks to consolidate its 
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton reserve centers into one.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/14704253.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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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