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    Playtime is over: Playground removed from Buckhorn School in Perry County

    By Corey Elam,

    6 hours ago

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    PERRY COUNTY, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — A patch of dirt is all that remains where a playground used to sit outside of Buckhorn School in Perry County.

    The Perry County School District announced on Thursday that the student playground had gone missing and that officials were conducting an investigation into how it had been removed.

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    Around 3:28 p.m. on Thursday, it was announced that the City of Buckhorn had sold the playground in “an advertisement bid” and that meetings would be set up to “rectify the situation.”

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    Superintendent Kent Campbell said Perry County Schools had no part in the sale of the playground.

    In 2022, Buckhorn School was severely damaged by storms and flooding.

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