Schools to use contingency fund for mold remediation at Bordewich-Bray Elementary School

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March 27, 2002

Schools to use contingency fund for mold remediation

by Teri Vance, Appeal Staff Writer

School officials will use their rainy day money to ward off the

mold-abatement storm brewing at Bordewich-Bray Elementary School.

" This is a perfect example of what you would use the contingency fund for, "

said Bob , financial director for the Carson City School District.

" The account is used to offset expenses that are not already budgeted

somewhere. "

Members of the school board voted on Tuesday to use the $300,000 in the

contingency fund to remove moldy modulars, restore the sites and set up

temporary classrooms.

The five modulars at the elementary school were found to be infested with

three types of toxic mold in November. Some classes have been moved from the

buildings and others will remain in the rooms, where the air inside has

tested clean, until the end of the year.

said the cost to completely eradicate the mold will use the entire

contingency fund but he is not worried.

" I feel more comfortable using it close to the end of the fiscal year, " he

said. " The chance of something else critical happening between now and when

school is out is pretty small. If it was August of last year, I'd feel a

little more uncomfortable. "

He said the $300,000 will take care of the mold abatement costs and no

additional money will be allotted for it in next year's budget, which will

be presented at the April 9 school board meeting.

Although Washoe County School District is facing major shortfalls,

said Carson City's school budget is balanced.

" We won't be adding money into any programs but we won't be cutting any

programs, either, " he said.

The school district also is tentatively planning to seek a $3.75 million

bond in November's election to build a permanent addition to Bordewich

Elementary School.

The addition would replace lost space once the modulars are removed and

consolidate a seven-building campus into one school.