Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School officials are looking for help to pay for the rising costs associated with possible toxic contamination in the Hanes and Lowrance middle schools. The district is turning to the company that owns the property for financial assistance.
The WinstonÂ-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education on Tuesday decided to move the students at Hanes and Lowrance middle schools by March 2.
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is expected to approve a work plan for a comprehensive vapor intrusion assessment for Hanes and Lowrance middle schools. Tonight's school board meeting comes on the heels of a presentation given to parents and faculty by several air-pollution experts.
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board is waiting one more week to decide what to do with students at Hanes and Lowrance middle schools, after parents learned that the site sits on contaminated grounds.
In a drastic change from her position last week, the superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools no longer fully supports replacing the deteriorating Lowrance Middle School with a new $15.4 million building on the same campus. Beverly Emory is also weighing the challenges of keeping open the adjoining Hanes Middle School.
At what was at times a volatile meeting, hundreds of parents and students filled Hanes auditorium in Winston-Salem Wednesday night to discuss the contaminated grounds underneath Hanes and Lowrance&