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Cwmcarn High School will not fully reopen until 2014 | Cwmcarn High School will not fully reopen until 2014 |
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A comprehensive school in south Wales which closed a year ago after asbestos was found will not fully reopen until 2014. | |
Cwmcarn High School, in Caerphilly, is not expected to be open to all pupils until January, but some will return in December. | Cwmcarn High School, in Caerphilly, is not expected to be open to all pupils until January, but some will return in December. |
It was was supposed to be open in September but the death of a contractor on the site prevented that. | It was was supposed to be open in September but the death of a contractor on the site prevented that. |
The head teacher called it disappointing and frustrating. | The head teacher called it disappointing and frustrating. |
In a joint statement on the school's website, head teacher Jacqui Peplinski, and Sandra Aspinall, the council's acting deputy chief executive, insisted the school must be made safe before pupils could return. | In a joint statement on the school's website, head teacher Jacqui Peplinski, and Sandra Aspinall, the council's acting deputy chief executive, insisted the school must be made safe before pupils could return. |
The school shut in October 2012 over fears its 900 pupils were at risk after the discovery of asbestos. Contractors have been working to remove the substance. | The school shut in October 2012 over fears its 900 pupils were at risk after the discovery of asbestos. Contractors have been working to remove the substance. |
But in July this year James Paul, 26, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, was working in a suspended ceiling space when he died. | But in July this year James Paul, 26, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, was working in a suspended ceiling space when he died. |
The father of one was due to get married next year. It is thought he may have been electrocuted. | The father of one was due to get married next year. It is thought he may have been electrocuted. |
For the past year pupils have been taught 12 miles (19km) away at Coleg Gwent's Ebbw Vale campus, a move which has been dogged by protestsby parents. | For the past year pupils have been taught 12 miles (19km) away at Coleg Gwent's Ebbw Vale campus, a move which has been dogged by protestsby parents. |
Caerphilly council is paying £1m to deal with the asbestos. | Caerphilly council is paying £1m to deal with the asbestos. |
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