Navarro board to consider mold removal

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Navarro board to consider mold removal

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - Seguin,TX

By DeKunder

http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=65ad9fddfce48361

GERONIMO — The Navarro Independent School District is working toward

the removal of mold found in an intermediate school restroom wall

last week.

Superintendent Dee said crews demolishing walls found the

mold in sheetrock and insulation in the back wall.

The district has been renovating restrooms at the junior high and

intermediate campuses to make them handicapped accessible.

said " not a great deal of mold " was found and that it

was " not active. "

When the mold was discovered, said the district sealed the

exposed area — which were the two restrooms being worked on and the

air conditioning in the area.

The district hired Argus Environmental to do a test on the mold, and

said the district was told that it had properly contained and

isolated the mold.

She said the report indicated there was no reason to evacuate the

school because there was no evidence the mold was growing and no

signs of cross-contamination in the building.

sent a letter to parents on Feb. 28 alerting them of the

situation.

She said she has been calling licensed mold-removal companies to

determine the cost of removing the mold.

With the quoted cost exceeding $10,000, said she needs board

approval before she could proceed.

A special board meeting has been called for 5:30 p.m., today, at the

junior high library to discuss quotes for the mold removal.

said if the board approves the price tag, crews would start

taking the mold out next week during the district's spring break.