Danville High's first exchange student back after 50 years

DANVILLE – It's been 50 years since Bjorn Elmer walked Danville High School's hallways as its first foreign exchange student.

When Elmer, a retired Swedish diplomat, returned on Friday, much had changed. The building had doubled in size, his favorite teacher's classroom was empty and the swimming pool he competed in was gone.

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