School District Makes Plan After Oil & Gas Well Placed Near Campus

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The Greeley-Evans School District is preparing for the worst case scenario as a new oil and gas well is being built near a school in Weld County. Once complete, the well will be seen from the playground at Bella Romero Academy.

School officials are working on a plan to keep children safe in case any sort of accident happens at the site. It’s the type of problem that school officials have already faced at another school. “Last fall we had to evacuate the stadium during a football game because of a leak at a well near that site,” said Theresa Myers from Greeley Evans School District 6.

The district will finalize its response plan by the start of school in the fall, complete with drills for students and staff. The well should be completed later in the Spring.

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Note: Roughly 80% of these students are Hispanic and/or recent immigrants. Families are not among the wealthy. Several citizen groups have been working to oppose the wells, and a university law school is now helping with the fight.


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[Wwcd]

1. We need another Democrat/Progressive to walk in Sen Wellstone's path.

Another poor Latino community, another corporate funded toxic issue affecting their health & well being.

As Sen Wellstone fought profoundly on the Senate floor, for the poorest Latino community of Sierra Blanca, Tx, to keep out-of-state toxic nuke dumping, this community of Greely deserves a serious fighter as well.

We need more true heroes, willing to walk the walk for the least able among us. Such was Sen Wellstone's legacy. That is the center of Progressivism. Wellstone defined it.
Who will stand as he did?