on another old, vacant KCPS school site

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An empty lot in Waldo that has sat vacant for years is finally planned to go up for sale, giving neighbors another chance to influence what gets built on the former Bingham Middle School site.

The Kansas City Public School District owns the lot at 77th and Wyandotte, where Bingham Middle School once stood before closing in 2001 and being demolished in 2016.

Barney Barry, who lives just a block away, has watched the site's stagnancy for years.

The former Bingham Middle School student showed us his old yearbook in 2016, right before the building was demolished.

"It was a great facility," Barry said in 2016.

When we reached out to Barry nearly a decade later, he was surprised to hear from us again.

"I'd almost fo

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