By TOM BALDWIN
Gannett State Bureau

An environmental alliance asked Gov. Jon S. Corzine for help Wednesday in dealing with what it calls a "toxic-school crisis," where members said schoolhouses have allegedly been built on or are planned for polluted sites.

"Separate and unequal schools date back to slavery," said Roy Jones, co-chairman of the South Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, who said many of the schools serve minorities.

"Camden is the worst-case scenario," Jones said, contending that there are 21 schools in the city that have problems with underground storage tanks.

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