Kennebunk teachers evaluated for exposure to mold at middle school

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Kennebunk teachers evaluated for exposure to mold at middle school

June 20, 2008

Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH*

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Maine School Administrative District 71 Business Administrator Jim

confirmed Friday that teachers from Middle School of the

Kennebunks are being evaluated for exposure to mold. The school has

been plagued with moisture problems since it opened.

" I believe six teachers are being evaluated for exposure to mold.

The teachers have requested this evaluation and the district has

honored it, " said.

said MSAD 71 is reimbursing teachers for co-pays related to

the evaluation with Dr. Paris T. Mansmann, an allergist in Yarmouth.

Mansmann did not return a message left Friday afternoon.

again noted that it was the teachers who requested the

evaluation, which was handled through the Facilities Committee and

Superintendent Farrell. While noting the requests for

evaluation had not been made public, he reiterated his belief that

the district is diligently working on the mold problem.

" The district is on top of issues at the Middle School. We have two

companies evaluating and doing their best abatement of the

situation. We don't want anyone to think we aren't trying to get

this corrected. "

Teachers representative McCarthy declined comment, preferring

to first confer with MSAD 71 administration about the matter.

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