News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports | SW Oklahoma St. buys old Butler school facilities
Associated Press - May 6, 2009 5:25 PM ET
WEATHERFORD, Okla. (AP) - Southwestern Oklahoma State University says it has reached an agreement with the Arapaho-Butler School Board to acquire the facilities of the now-closed Butler Public Schools.
Southwestern officials said Wednesday they plan to use the site for various projects associated with the university's department of parks and recreation management as well as Southwestern's Foss Lake Adventure Program.
Ken Rose, the dean of Southwestern's College of Professional and Graduate Studies, says the facilities will be used as a training site for university programs in wildland fire management, law enforcement and park management.
The Foss Lake Adventure Program will use the site as a job-training center focusing on welding.
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