RE : Re: DPH: No major mold problems at Pawtucketville Memorial School

[Guest guest]

Ken - At the risk of being impertinent, I will tell you that educators have NO

control over their environment. They are poorly or not schooled in the art of

indoor air quality or lack thereof.

Had that been the case, I would not have had to go to law school, as a

non-learned educator. I would not have been 'talked down to' in ENVIROspeak -

reminiscent of 1984 - by Orwell.

I would not have learned terms like 'ambient' air or " ubiquitous " nature of

mold.

Teachers, for all their schooling and degrees have enough to learn the material

for the students, control kids who bring knives, guns, and drugs to school, be

nurses and consolers as well as social workers.

It takes activism on the part of teachers, which they are very poor at, on a

national

level to take on this menace which should never have darkened their door.

Teachers who are the guardians of the future, via those children they are

entrusted to teach, should not have to worry if they are in a class with

stachybotryis or aspergillus fumigatus which was in several classrooms where I

taught.

Custodians and environmental 'engineers' who have a background in ventilation

systems are the trustees in the school, of the air they all breathe. Teachers

have ZERO control.

Ken Gehring <kgehring@...> a écrit : To

bad the most of our learned educators do not understand the need

to maintain low indoor relative humidity throughout the summer.

Maintaining <50%RH prevent mold growth. A 100 pint per day

dehumidifier located in the hall between four open door class rooms

will provide <50%RH. This is a common summer problem in the " green

grass climates " .Preventive maintaince is not one our school systems

strong points. Regards Ken G

>

> DPH: No major mold problems at Pawtucketville Memorial School

> By Myers,

> jmyers@...

> Article Last Updated: 12/19/2007 11:37:50 AM EST

>

> http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_7760095

>

> LOWELL -- The state Department of Public Health reports finding no

> significant mold or major air-quality issues at the Pawtucketville

> Memorial Elementary School.

>

> " A dark material was observed on the surface of metal ceiling

panels

> in a number of classrooms, " the DPH report states. " Visible mold

> growth was observed and confirmed by microscopic analysis. "

>

> That mold was found to be Cladosporium and Acremonium, two common

> outdoor fungi that are associated with plant debris and soil and

are

> most likely introduced into the indoor environment through the

> vents, open windows and doors and or tracked in by foot traffic,

> according to the DPH.

>

> " While these conditions do not present an imminent health threat,

> prompt remediation is advisable, " the report continues.

>

> Staff first raised a red flag in September, when they returned to

> school to find mold growth on some ceiling tiles, walls and

> classroom items.

>

> Their concerns prompted the school administration to bring in ATC

> Associates, Inc., an environmental-engineering

>

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