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March 11, 2024

Sale of White Oak School still a priority

By Mon Valley Independent

By Michael Richter

mrichter@yourmvi.com

Residents expressed their concerns about the lack of progress in selling the former White Oak School building on California Avenue during Thursday’s McKeesport Area School Board meeting. There have been a few attempts to sell the school since it shuttered about a decade ago, but those efforts ultimately fell through. 

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