Special to The Morning Call
The former Panther Valley Middle School in Lansford could become a borough hall or multi-use community center and lead a downtown revitalization. Those were some of the ideas that came up at a hearing last week.
About 30 people, including state Rep. Keith McCall, D-Carbon, gathered Tuesday in Lansford Community Center to discuss what to do with the nearly century-old, four-story school when the school district abandons it next year.
The district is building a middle school at its high school campus in Summit Hill and has raised the idea of letting the borough have the old school on Bertsch Street. Lansford hasn't agreed to take it, but most of the residents and Borough Council members who spoke said that's what the borough should do.
Harry's Note - The kids and teachers at the Panther Valley Middle School are/were great. The school was condemned when I started teaching there in 1970 and was still a dump when I retired in 2003. If the town takes it over - it will drain $45,000 a year just for heat and light - from a town that is already on the financial ropes. They should have a big party and burn it down. When the former junior high school in Summit Hill burned down in 1972 - the school district got a big insurance check that helped buy the new high school.
My classroom was on the top floor - the four front windows with the shades half way down.
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