Two Key Middle School teachers taken to hospital

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Has anyone been in touch with this reporter? These poor teachers need to

know the danger they are in!!!

Sue

Two Key Middle School teachers taken to hospital

Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX*

ERICKA MELLON

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Two teachers left Key Middle School in ambulances this morning,

reigniting the union's concerns that the northeast Houston campus is

unsafe.

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Two Key Middle School teachers taken to hospital

Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX*

ERICKA MELLON

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5122454.html

Two teachers left Key Middle School in ambulances this morning,

reigniting the union's concerns that the northeast Houston campus is

unsafe.

The two women were taken to the hospital after vomiting and

experiencing watery eyes and difficulty breathing, said Gayle

Fallon, president of the Houston Federation of Teachers. Fallon

suspects the cause is mold or some other air-quality problem.

Terry Abbott, spokesman for the Houston Independent School District,

said the administration has not heard an official medical report

about the teachers. He emphasized that a private inspection company

found a week ago that Key Middle, located at 4000 Kelley, did not

have unusual levels of mold and that city inspectors agreed with

that assessment.

" We understand the building was hot this morning. That may have had

something to do with those who felt badly today, " Abbott said. " We

have had nothing at all unusual among the children. "

Fallon strongly criticized the district for not taking her concerns

seriously.

" What I'm beginning to wonder is, is HISD going to wait until a kid

or a teacher keels over and dies. " she said. " I'm real sorry they

can't find what's wrong with the building. That doesn't mean there's

nothing wrong. But you don't expose teachers and staff to what is

obviously a dangerous situation. "

A male teacher from Key first went to a hospital on Aug. 28 after

feeling sick, Fallon said. That weekend, the school district ordered

janitors to clean the school, and seven ended up in the hospital.

Abbott said their illnesses were caused by fumes from bleach that

was used in the cleaning.

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