Missouri school to stay closed after contamination scare
FILE - A school bus arrives at Jana Elementary School on Oct. 17, 2022, in Florissant, Mo. A Missouri school district said Thursday, March 23, 2023...
FILE - A school bus arrives at Jana Elementary School on Oct. 17, 2022, in Florissant, Mo. A Missouri school district said Thursday, March 23, 2023, that Jana Elementary School in St. Louis County will remain closed permanently. The school was shut down in October 2022 amid concerns of possible radioactive contamination. It sits near a creek that was contaminated in the 1950s and 1960s with waste from nuclear weapons development. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File) Christian Gooden/AP A Missouri grade school that was shut down last year amid concerns of possible radioactive contamination will not reopen, the school district said Thursday.