Sunday, January 17, 1999
Community rallies after school burns
BY MICHAEL D. CLARK datel HAMILTON - More than 40 school staff members and volunteers spent Saturday cleaning up after an arson fire that has temporarily closed Wilson Junior High School.
The Cincinnati Enquirer datel HAMILTON - More than 40 school staff members and volunteers spent Saturday cleaning up after an arson fire that has temporarily closed Wilson Junior High School.
The fire was reported early Friday. Hamilton fire officials have not identified any sus pects, Deputy Fire Chief David Raines said.
A $5,000 reward is offered for anyone who calls 868-5914 with information leading to the arrest of whoever set the fire.
No one was injured in the blaze, but damage was estimated at $1 million or more.
Students will move temporarily to Hamilton High School, beginning this week.
The fire was reported just before 3:30 a.m. Friday by someone at Fort Hamilton Hospital, next door to the school in the 700 block of Eaton Avenue. It also damaged dozens of musical instruments in a band room and adjacent classrooms, including a computer lab. The school's south wing also sustained extensive smoke dam age.
According to school officials, the blaze is thought to be the worst to hit Hamilton City Schools in nearly three decades.
“We've had a lot of community support,” said Hamilton City Schools spokeswoman Joni Copas. “We've had churches offering facilities and other calls about what people might be able to do about lost instruments.
“It's really good to see a community rally around us in this time of crisis,” Ms. Copas said.
No classes are scheduled Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and classes for Wilson students will be canceled Tuesday.
Wilson students will resume classes Wednesday at Hamilton High School.
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