Solutions set to be offered today on Greenwood mold

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Aug 23, 2005

Solutions set to be offered today on Greenwood mold

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FLORENCE - Florence School District 1 officials are expecting to get

recommendations today for the solution to a mold and moisture

problem at Greenwood Elementary School.

" We continue to be vigilant regarding this concern. We will provide

the public with an update in regards to this matter as soon as the

information has been made available to us, " interim superintendent

Larry said.

The written recommendations expected today will be sent from Owens &

Associates, a Mount Pleasant engineering firm.

The report was prompted after parents of Greenwood students told

Florence School District 1 officials earlier this month of their

concerns about mold in the library and classrooms.

At that time, said the district would work aggressively to

correct it.

After inspecting the problem, Owens & Associates reported

that " unusual humidity around a 24-year-old unsealed rooftop heat

pump " allowed air to be pulled into the school, which could cause

moisture and mold inside the building.

Tests are being performed by school maintenance crews on the system

in an effort to confirm its cause.

The crews also are sealing and covering the unit.

The firm is expected to send the written report regarding the

problem to Florence's Goforth of Goforth, Brown and Associates,

which referred the district to Owens & Associates after hearing of

complaints of mold on the school media center walls and on school

library books.

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