[CPEO-MEF] River Valley Wants To Sell Off Old School Buildings

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Ohio
OHIO NEWS NETWORK
River Valley Wants To Sell Off Old School Buildings
July 9, 2003

The River Valley school district in Marion County wants to auction its
old middle and high schools now that students will be moving into new
schools next month.

It might be a tough sell, though, since the buildings sit atop a former
military depot where chemical waste was dumped, and some people blame
the site for unusually high cancer rates among graduates.

School Superintendent Tom Shade says the site is slated for cleaning to
industrial and commercial standards early next year. The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers is responsible for cleanup.

While chemical waste had been dumped at the site during World War II, an
Ohio Department of Health study found no link between the leukemia cases
and the contamination.

Still, real estate brokers say the negative publicity surrounding the
middle and high schools might dampen demand for the 78-acre campus east
of Marion.

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