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McClymonds High students relocated to another campus

By KTVU staff
Updated  March 4, 2020 9:14pm PST
Oakland
KTVU FOX 2

McClymonds High reunites during chemical testing

McClymonds High reunites during chemical testing at Ralph Bunche Academy

OAKLAND, Calif. - McClymonds High School students will be under one roof on Wednesday, just not at a school that's their own.

The 350 students will be studying at Ralphe J. Bunche Academy instead, until their school reopens. School district spokesperson John Sasaki said there is a possibility the school could reopen by the week of March 16. 

To  make room for all of the McClymonds students to attend Bunche, that school’s approximately 124 students were re-assigned to West Oakland Middle School.

McClymonds has been closed since Feb. 20 after trichloroethylene — or TCE , a cancer-causing chemical was found in the groundwater.

Preliminary test results have shown no TCE in the air, authorities said.

An earlier version of this story reported an incorrect figure for the number of students who attend McClymonds and also had an incorrect date for when the school might reopen. The corrections have been made.