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WPXI Investigates School Land Lease

A Brookline property is in question.

The leasing of a Brookline property by Pittsburgh Public Schools is in question, according to a report from WPXI.

According to the report, a piece of land on an access road near in Brookline is being leased by the school district - rent free - to a resident who owns adjacent land.

WPXI's Rick Earle questioned why the land was being leased rent free, at a time when the district has laid off teachers and district employees.

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School board member Theresa Colaizzi told Earle the resident does not own the property and therefore can't sell it. The resident said the lease includes only a small piece of land, which he maintains.

Another school board member told Earle he did not know about the lease.

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To read WPXI's full report, click here.

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