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Clara Barton Elementary School Students To Be Relocated After More Asbestos Found In Building

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Clara Barton Elementary School in Feltonville will remain closed next week because of asbestos. Students will be sent 4.5 miles to Martin Luther King High School in East Germantown starting on Wednesday.

The district says more asbestos was discovered Friday in a boiler room at Barton.

Repair work and testing should take about a week.

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