New skate park to alleviate school damage, danger to teens

Skateboards have worn down steps and benches in Newport Middle School's parking lot where teenagers often congregate.

This puts school officials in the tough position of choosing whether to run the skaters off the property into the city, where they could get hurt, or let them skate in the parking lot, where they can also get hurt and do damage, said Paul Baker, youth services center at the middle school and the grant writer for the skate park.

By October, school and city leaders hope to have a skate park underneath the Interstate 471 overpass by Campbell County High School to send the skaters to.

This from the Cincinnati Enquirer.