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  • L.A. Names School After Al Gore -- But Will Students Be Safe?

    09/07/2010 4:32:42 AM PDT · by lbryce · 21 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | September 6, 2010 | Howard Blume
    L.A. school officials have named a school after Al Gore, making him the first vice president to receive such an honor. Yet there are concerns over the school -- not over Al Gore's name but because some critics fear the campus' location poses a long-term health risk to students and staff. School district officials insist that the Arlington Heights property is clean and safe. And they've pledged to check vapor monitors and groundwater wells to make sure. The $75.5-million Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences will open Sept. 13 for about 675 students. As he was with Bill Clinton (who has...