Poor conditions plague Oklahoma City alternative school

 
BY MEGAN ROLLAND
Published: April 26, 2010

The Oklahoma City school for pregnant teenagers and other at-risk youths lacks heat in some classrooms, has a computer lab infested with termites and a roof that leaks in the rain.

Emerson Alternative School , which offers day care for the girls’ babies and also serves at-risk young men, was built in 1894 and will be one of the district’s last schools to be renovated under the MAPS for Kids program.


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