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I'm Jenn from San Diego

I had been working in a preschool when in Aug of 2006 I began to get

sick. It started with sinus infections that wouldn't clear up. Ear

infection that took a week and two antibiotics and a steroid,asthma(i

have asthma the attacks became daily) headaches almost

daily,rashes,itchy watery eyes. Middle of Nov I was diagnosed with

bronchitis and acute asthma exasperation. The last Monday of Nov. we

discovered mold under a plastic molding.

We notified the directors who in turn notified the owners. They had a

air quality test done which wasn't done correctly(room had to be

closed for over an hr. it wasn't more like 20mins and someone walked

in during the test.) They told me on the 13th of dec that there was no

mold at all. At that time our room was shut up for almost a week so

they can do other searches...when we walked back in the smell of the

room hit us hard. Parents even complained. We sent them to see the

owners. We were told not to talk to the parents.

When we were out of the room most of all my symptoms were gone...oh

and the children and other staff members were sick too. I was much

worse and my doc said it could be due to my asthma or allergy to mold!

I quit on Dec 13th. They wrote a letter which I got about a week later

saying they took my vacation,sick(which I thought i was done with) and

personal days because they claimed i clocked in 92hrs of work yet i

was either sick or unavailable. We use a machine to clock in..if I am

home sick how am i clocking in and out!!! They took about 65hrs and

then said to send them a check close to $600!!!

I am fighting all of this now....found out it is against the law to

take from my benefits...

Just wanted to put my intro here and if u have any advice please let

me know!!!

jenn