VIDEO: Smoke clears, LR school back in session

December 14, 2010 at 9:34 a.m. | Updated December 14, 2010 at 11:12 a.m.

by Arkansas Online

Students dash down the hallway of Forest Heights Middle School's new north classroom building between classes. The 11,570 square foot building opened earlier this month as part of a $5.6 million renovation of the school.
Students dash down the hallway of Forest Heights Middle School's new north classroom building between classes. The 11,570 square foot building opened earlier this month as part of a $5.6 million renovation of the school.

Forest Heights Middle School in Little Rock was evacuated Tuesday morning while smoke from a malfunctioning furnace cleared.

Students and staff were ushered into the cold morning air around 9:15 but returned to class within the hour. The smoke came from an old heater in an administrative office.

Smoke clears, LR school back in session

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Students and staff were ushered into the cold morning air around 9:15 but returned to class within the hour.

The smoke came from an old heater in an administrative office.

The school, which opened in 1955, is at 5901 Evergreen Drive and has an enrollment of 676 students. The administrative offices are a part of an addition completed in 1993 that includes 36 classrooms and a media center.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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