RE : Mold is found in trailer housing kindergarten

[Guest guest]

Testing done by school systems is notoriously flawed. The teachers union should

have independent testing done.

Often testing companies will put mold traps outside - which is where mold

belongs of course - but put them in bushes where there is a ton of mold spores

because what they measure is - spores inside v. spores outside. If they make

the spore count high outside, then they come inside and say - it is OK because

they don't want the public to know how bad the indoor air quality is.

{Portables} or trailers are often needed by school systems because of

enrollment but they often are poorly built, not unlike what we saw in New

Orleans.

If the tests were done honestly, no problem; but the testers have their own

codes of ethics...it can no longer be 'checkbook' science where the payor/school

system pays for the OUTCOME of the results. The teachers' union needs to help

these teachers. Unfortunately, they are not always truthful.

Teachers can have material tested. If the voice of the teacher is a problem,

there IS a problem and needs to go to a doctor for a full and soon environmental

evaluation by someone board certified in this area of medicine, pronto.

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> a écrit :

Mold is found in trailer housing kindergarten

Monday, October 22, 2007

The Jersey Journal - NJ.com - Jersey City,NJ*

By KEN THORBOURNE

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-

5/1193033719249010.xml & coll=3

Two trailers full of kindergarten students in Jersey City had to be

emptied last week after school officials confirmed the presence of

mold.

The mold was discovered in a corner of one of the 40-year-old

trailers, said School 16 Principal ph Marsella. But as a

precautionary measure, the class in the adjacent trailer was

relocated inside the Washington Street schoolhouse as well, Marsella

said.

Even though the tests - originally conducted Sept. 27, but not

returned to the district until Thursday morning - confirmed the

presence of mold, the concentration of mold spores isn't considered

harmful to people, according to environmental consultants hired by

the district, Marsella said.

In fact, the consultant - PMK Group of Cranford - found the

concentration of mold spores to be higher outside the trailer than

it was inside, Marsella said.

" We were told it's safe, " Marsella said Thursday. " We met with

parents this morning. We are sending letters home to all the parents

tonight. "

The roughly 42 students were relocated to the school's art and music

rooms, and could expect to return to their classrooms in about a

week, he said.

The area where mold was found will be replaced and washed with

bleach, he said.

The test was conducted in response to a complaint from a

teacher " who was having trouble with her throat, " Marsella said.

Told about the mold discovery, Cristina Weiner, who has a first-

grader and a sixth-grader at the elementary school, said, " I think

he (Marsella) will definitely handle it. We have high standards

here. "

Students at School 15 on Stegman Street were recently displaced for

more than a week when mold was discovered beneath a soaked gym

floor.

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