UWO Head Start moves to temporary location during mold inspection

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UWO Head Start moves to temporary location during mold inspection

Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,WI*

By ALDRICH M. TAN

of The Northwestern

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The Boys and Girls Club of Oshkosh building that houses the

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Head Start program remained closed

Monday as of¬ficials continue to wait for re¬sults of tests for mold

in the building.

The Head Start program, which has 124 students and 10 teachers,

moved temporarily to the Radford Center, 501 E. Parkway Ave., while

the adjoin¬ing Wilcox Center remains closed during air quality

testing.

Marc Dosogne, CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Oshkosh, said he

closed the Wilcox building on March 20 as a precautionary measure

after some staff reported feel¬ing ill, indicated possible presence

of mold, Dosogne said.

Preliminary test results revealed no mold in the air, said

Traska, development and marketing director for the Boys and Girls

Club. The agen¬cy is now waiting for results of carpet tests.

Officials initially hoped to be able to address the issue during

spring break last week, but the building will remain closed until it

can be fully cleaned.

" We are just doing this because we are proactive people and we want

to make sure ev¬erything is right, " Traska said.

See the full story in Tuesday's Northwestern.

Aldrich M. Tan: (920) 426-6663 or atan@....