Santa Monica school expansion delayed by toxic dry cleaning chemicals in soil
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— For years, school district officials had grand designs to revamp the campus of McKinley Elementary in Santa Monica. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District intended to build a two-story building with eight state-of-the-art classrooms and a modernized front office. The project had already been funded by a previous bond measure and splashy renderings were publicized by district staff. Last year, however, a district-hired inspector discovered dangerous levels of toxic vapors percolating in...
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