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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — It may have taken hours but the Harrisburg School District voted on whether or not to demolish the old William Penn High School.
The school district receiver approved the motion to demolish the William Penn building. The receiver did recommend to save some of the designs from the masonry and will look at what can be reduced or salvaged before demolition.
The public will be able to give their input at upcoming meetings in the fall that will discuss how the land will be used after demolition. When demolition will be is not clear as a date was not given.
The district has been debating on what to do with the abandoned school for years.
The chief financial officer for the school district has stressed that the fires, trespassing, and break-ins that have occurred in recent years are good reasons to take steps to demolish the structure. Another school board member says they have toured the building and that it is in such decay that there is really no other option.
District officials say it has taken over $90 million to renovate the building — it will take $7 million to remove it.
Currently, the building is listed on the Historic Harrisburg Associations Preservation List. But even their executive director said that they cannot save them all.
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