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http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sections/archive/topstoryjmp/4-18-02/News6.

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April 21, 2002

BISD to target insurance company for mounting mold costs

By Emma -Treviño

The Brownsville Herald

The Brownsville Independent School District plans to go after its insurance

carriers, aiming to recoup the substantial and mounting costs associated

with mold at Aiken Elementary and Besteiro Middle schools that are nearing

$2 million, officials said.

" And it's not over yet, " BISD Superintendent Noe Sauceda told trustees

Tuesday, alluding to costs associated with accommodating staff and students

in portable buildings and other campuses, pending testing of the facilities.

Sauceda anticipates at least another $1 million in costs.

These costs don't include any expenses that would be required to remediate

the moldy conditions.

A confusing conglomerate of attorneys represents the BISD in planned

litigation against the builders and designers of the conjoined schools.

Sauceda suggested that the same group be used for possible litigation

against the insurance companies if the district can negotiate a lower fee

structure, noting that the district must now " fight the battle " with the

insurance companies.

" Now we need to get really serious about it, " Sauceda said.

The board also asked if Jeff Roerig, the district's attorney, could

represent the district in the matter.

" Each time I turn around, we're hiring attorneys, " Trustee Herman Otis

Powers said, asking that the board and Sauceda, " pull the plug " on that.

Roerig said he could represent the district against the insurance companies

but maintained that it would make better sense to run with the Harlingen

firm that has worked on the issue. He did note that this is not part of the

prime contract with the firm.

Board trustee Randy Dunn said that the district might be obligated to remain

with the Harlingen firm on this issue.

" You're probably right, " Sauceda said, " but we're going to bluff it. "

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