New Orleans school won’t be built atop a toxic dump — for now

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By Brentin MockAug 1, 2014, 6:24 pm71 pts
Last november, I wrote about the struggles of a small alumni group from the floundering Walter L. Cohen High School in New Orleans, fighting against state plans to fold Cohen into another school, Booker T. Washington High, which was slated to be built on a former landfill. After a healthy dose of community…

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