Glynn County board votes to build new school away from Superfund site Move comes 2 months after community rallied to avoid building next to site No description found
BRUNSWICK, Ga. ā Two months after community members expressed concerns about plans to build a new elementary school next to a Superfund site, theĀ GlynnĀ County School Board meeting voted unanimously Tuesday night to build the school about three-quarters of a mile away.
The school district planed to construct a new $24 million AltamaĀ Elementary School on existing land, but parents and community members packed a May meeting toĀ urgeĀ the board to avoid building near property Ā that has been contaminatedĀ for nearly 40 years.
The board hired a company to test the land for contamination and the tests came back negative, but that did not remove concerns over the safety of the property.
TuesdayĀ night, the board unanimously votedĀ to execute a contract to buyĀ 27.55 acresĀ on Altama Avenue about three-quarters ofĀ a mile north of the originally planned locationĀ for the new school.
The contract includes several contingencies, including the seller obtaining a clearance letter from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and site approval from the state Board of Education.
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