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Construction crews are near the end of demolishing the old Leslie Junior High School.

A view from a drone shows construction crews making progress to take down the old Leslie Junior High School, adjacent to South Salem High School. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

The brick school house that was Leslie Junior High School opened in 1927, serving south Salem for 70 years. When the new Leslie Middle School opened in 1997, the old structure got new life as a charter school.

That ended last year, as the Salem-Keizer School District moved ahead with plans to take out the old building to make way for expanding the high school.

The demolition work has been a bit of a local tourist attraction - though such "sidewalk superintendents" were reminded by signs to still follow social distancing guidelines.

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