The Fredon Board of Education in Fredon, N.J., approved a settlement with the local electric power utility under which the utility will rearrange property at the Fredon School to address health concerns about power lines that soar above the school’s playground and fields. The settlement calls for the utility to pay up to $950,000 to move the fields to the front of the school. Details of the agreement arrived almost a week after the Board of Education announced it would close the school Oct. 1, due to concerns it had about higher than average electromagnetic field readings emanating from the existing power lines. School leaders and some parents say electromagnetic fields emanating from the high voltage wires pose a health threat. Read the entire story here.
Electric Utility Agrees to Relocate School Playground over Power Line Fears
