Re: Students will not move from MOLDY classrooms - yet

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In a message dated 10/15/2004 6:09:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,

nomoreschoolmold@... writes:

>

>

> Please read this online and comment at the bottom of the online news

> article

> - your comments will be posted so the townspeople in CT can read them. How

> outrageous that they know there is mold but the teachers and students are

> STILL there. Kindergarteners through second grade. Worried about

> " disruption " ????? Typical bureaucrats endangering children.

>

> SB

>

> _Click here: Easton Courier_

> (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1344 & dept_id=433791 & newsid=13143664 &

> PAG=461 & rfi=9)

> _http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1344 & dept_id=433791 & newsid=13143664 &

> PA

> G=461 & rfi=9_

> (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1344 & dept_id=433791 & newsid=13143664 &

> PAG=461 & rfi=9)

>

> Students will not move from classrooms - yet

> Deanna Holgerson, Editor

> October 14, 2004 There are no immediate plans to relocate

> students as a result of mold problems in the lower wing at Staples

> Elementary

> School.

>

> " We are working on a plan that is least disruptive, " Fossbender said. " We

> want to keep as many students as possible in the school during the

> remediation

> process. We are anxiously waiting for the test results to come back. We are

>

> hoping to do the remediation in phases. "

>

> Students who occupy classrooms in the lower wing at Staples are remaining

> there until school officials establish a plan to fix this latest mold

> problem.

>

> The lower wing accommodates the pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first and

> second grade classrooms. As long as negative air pressure could be

> maintained

> in those classrooms, they can remain occupied, school officials said.

>

> Mold was found in every classroom in Staples' lower wing, the media center,

>

> music room and computer lab. Higher levels of mold were found in the last

> three rooms, so those were closed.

>

> Several varieties of mold were discovered after Labs completed tests

>

> in the school's lower wing. A second company, ORCS, analyzed the results of

>

> the tests did in the classrooms.

>

> Black, toxic mold called stachybotrys was found in Room 11's ceiling tiles

> but not been in the other classrooms. Room 11, which is located in the

> lower

> wing, was closed Labor Day weekend so remediation could begin.

>

>

You cant leave those kids in there!! There will be asthma and hives and then

like me, having to wear a mask!!! And to leave them there during remeadiation?

Thats like showering them with this poisonous mold while it goes all over the

place while they move it around! You might as well sign their deeath

warrents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Janet s

Maine

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/15/2004 6:09:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,

nomoreschoolmold@... writes:

>

>

> Please read this online and comment at the bottom of the online news

> article

> - your comments will be posted so the townspeople in CT can read them. How

> outrageous that they know there is mold but the teachers and students are

> STILL there. Kindergarteners through second grade. Worried about

> " disruption " ????? Typical bureaucrats endangering children.

>

> SB

>

> _Click here: Easton Courier_

> (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1344 & dept_id=433791 & newsid=13143664 &

> PAG=461 & rfi=9)

> _http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1344 & dept_id=433791 & newsid=13143664 &

> PA

> G=461 & rfi=9_

> (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1344 & dept_id=433791 & newsid=13143664 &

> PAG=461 & rfi=9)

>

> Students will not move from classrooms - yet

> Deanna Holgerson, Editor

> October 14, 2004 There are no immediate plans to relocate

> students as a result of mold problems in the lower wing at Staples

> Elementary

> School.

>

> " We are working on a plan that is least disruptive, " Fossbender said. " We

> want to keep as many students as possible in the school during the

> remediation

> process. We are anxiously waiting for the test results to come back. We are

>

> hoping to do the remediation in phases. "

>

> Students who occupy classrooms in the lower wing at Staples are remaining

> there until school officials establish a plan to fix this latest mold

> problem.

>

> The lower wing accommodates the pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first and

> second grade classrooms. As long as negative air pressure could be

> maintained

> in those classrooms, they can remain occupied, school officials said.

>

> Mold was found in every classroom in Staples' lower wing, the media center,

>

> music room and computer lab. Higher levels of mold were found in the last

> three rooms, so those were closed.

>

> Several varieties of mold were discovered after Labs completed tests

>

> in the school's lower wing. A second company, ORCS, analyzed the results of

>

> the tests did in the classrooms.

>

> Black, toxic mold called stachybotrys was found in Room 11's ceiling tiles

> but not been in the other classrooms. Room 11, which is located in the

> lower

> wing, was closed Labor Day weekend so remediation could begin.

>

>

You cant leave those kids in there!! There will be asthma and hives and then

like me, having to wear a mask!!! And to leave them there during remeadiation?

Thats like showering them with this poisonous mold while it goes all over the

place while they move it around! You might as well sign their deeath

warrents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Janet s

Maine