CLEVELAND -- 5 On Your Side Chief Investigator Duane Pohlman was the first to report that local schools were demolishing buildings without salvaging the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of nearly new windows recently installed.

Since that report, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District said it has changed its policy and gone even further to salvage valuable items inside older schools.

At Moses Cleveland Elementary School, the windows will be saved and installed somewhere else, so will antique clocks, wood cabinets, lighting and locksets.

After making calls to the district, Pohlman was led through the elementary school to get a firsthand look at how the district is setting aside salvageable items.

Crews are finding and marking every item that could be reused for other schools or even sold to the public, Pohlman reported.

For instance, the windows from the school that were valued at $300,000 will be removed and installed at Paul Revere School, an identical building where old windows were in need of replacement.

Beyond that, an 80-year-old portrait of the city and school's namesake will be saved as well.

Some other items might not be destroyed either.

The school system is considering saving architectural features, like built-in wooden cabinets and an arched entry.

What the schools can't use will be saved too, including antique desks and cabinets. All of it will likely be put up for public sale.