[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: New High School at former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New $300 million Portola High School opens in Irvine to 400 freshmen

By TOMOYA SHIMURA
Orange County Register (CA)
August 24, 2016

IRVINE – Welcomed by the giant drawing of a bulldog mascot that faces a parking lot and the smell of pristine classrooms, students, teachers and staff kicked off the historic first day of Portola High School.

There wasn’t much celebration Wednesday morning, except for some parents taking photos of their children at entrances to the new campus. Still, there wasn’t a lack of excitement among the 400 students, all of whom are freshmen.

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Some residents were concerned about stained soil discovered at the campus site, once part of the former El Toro Marine base. The Department of Toxic Substances Control in May determined the site poses no risk to those who study or work there.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-726855-students-irvine.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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