Getting Up To Speed on Sullivan East's Mold Problem

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Getting Up To Speed on Sullivan East's Mold Problem

1,000 East students continue to attend classes in 70 of the Bristol Motor

Speedway's suites as mold remediation at the high school continues.

by Meredyth Fox

Newschannel 11

Oct 21, 2002

Sullivan county Director of Schools O'Dell brought county commissioners

up to speed Monday on the mold problems at Sullivan East high school.

Students continue to attend classes in 70 of the speedway's suites as mold

remediation at East continues.

The repairs to the school includes a $168,000 new roof and $550,000-$650,000

worth of repairs to chill lines, which must be repositioned and reinsulated.

That money isn't in the school system's budget, nor is the $700,000 needed

for fire-marshal requirements at several county schools or self-insurance

run-out claims, estimated at more than $1 million.

O'Dell says he won't ask commissioners for money until he has solid figures

to work with. " Let's wait until we get firm numbers. Lets wait until we see

what the sales tax looks like in December, which is our biggest month, and

then try to find some solution, whether that's a bond issue, whether there's

some reserve funds that can be used for those purposes. "

O'Dell says it may be January or Febuary before he requests assistance from

the county.

In the meantime, O'Dell and Sullivan East administrators are working on

providing large tents for students attending school at the BMS to eat under.

Students have been eating lunch outside. The tents could be in place by

mid-week.

Repairs at East should be complete in three weeks.