POTOMAC, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County's school district has closed two portable classrooms at an elementary in Potomac after parents and teachers complained mold was making people sick.

Some 70 students from Bells Mill Elementary were removed from the portable classes last Friday. A third portable classroom at the school is also closed temporarily to make repairs because of concerns about water contamination and mold.

One parent tells The Washington Post it's not just affecting the kids. Marion Cantor, who has two sons at the school says the children and teachers have had eye irritations, rashes, sinus infection and respiratory issues. Mold can be dangerous if people sensitive to it are exposed in large amounts.

School spokesman Brian Edwards says replacement portable classrooms should be in place by the summer.
 

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