Students will not move from MOLDY classrooms - yet

October 14, 2004

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.

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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.

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