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(photo by Matt Roth).Friday, May 14, 2010..A student in the Baltimore Freedom Academy walks past a broken fence, while others walk under a giant hole in the ceiling. When it rains, the ceiling leaks. The massive ceiling hole in the hallway becomes a hazard when it rains. The pipes, exposed by the ceiling break, are problematic, too. Elani Odeyale, programming assistant to Baltimore Freedom Academy's principal, Khalilah Harris, reports that the water from the school's fountains are undrinkable because they are too high in lead, and asbestos makes fixing the pipes hazardous. ..The building housing the Baltimore Freedom Academy, a grade 6-12 Baltimore public charter school focusing in social justice, was built in 1960. Fifty years later, the school is in disrepair. Old pipes make water from the fountains undrinkable. Asbestos makes repairing/replacing the pipes a hazard. The school has no air conditioning which makes the year-round school unbearable in the summer. The most derelict area is the boys locker room, where students are not allowed.

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(photo by Matt Roth).Friday, May 14, 2010..A student in the Baltimore Freedom Academy walks past a broken fence, while others walk under a giant hole in the ceiling. When it rains, the ceiling leaks. The massive ceiling hole in the hallway becomes a hazard when it rains. The pipes, exposed by the ceiling break, are problematic, too. Elani Odeyale, programming assistant to Baltimore Freedom Academy's principal, Khalilah Harris, reports that the water from the school's fountains are undrinkable because they are too high in lead, and asbestos makes fixing the pipes hazardous. ..The building housing the Baltimore Freedom Academy, a grade 6-12 Baltimore public charter school focusing in social justice, was built in 1960. Fifty years later, the school is in disrepair. Old pipes make water from the fountains undrinkable. Asbestos makes repairing/replacing the pipes a hazard. The school has no air conditioning which makes the year-round school unbearable in the summer. The most derelict area is the boys locker room, where students are not allowed.
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