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This article originally provided by WV Metro News
May 30, 2006
Raising Money For New Marsh Fork School
Staff
Raleigh County
Some Raleigh County residents are working to raise money for a
new Marsh Fork Elementary School.
The group has launched a fundraising campaign, called Pennies of
Promise, in hopes of collecting enough money to construct a new
facility for the roughly 300 students that currently attend Marsh
Fork Elementary School.
The current school building sits 225 feet from a coal loading silo
and 400 yards downstream from a coal waste sludge dam.
Residents claim that is producing high levels of coal dust, which is
a hazard to folks inside the school.
So far organizers of the fundraising campaign have collected about
500 dollars. A new school is estimated to cost about 5 million
dollars.
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