Last Updated: 8:19 PM Apr 3, 2008
Reporter: Stephanie Satchell
April 3, 2008
Some students at Locust Grove Elementary School in Orange were
moved to a new classroom on Monday.
That's because mold was found in two of the school's mobile units.
Orange’s superintendent says water damage is the cause of the
mold situation at Locust Grove.
Mold was behind the walls of two mobile units, but because of
some holes in the walls, it's now able to be detected by the air
quality test.
“I find that pretty gross. I wouldn't want my kid going to an
elementary school where there's mold in classrooms,” said Jessica
Rollins, Concerned Parent.
That’s why the school has a hired a clean up crew to fix the
situation. The crew will remove paneling and or sheet rock, and then
they'll deep clean behind the walls.
"We feel good about the fact that we've done what we need to
do to have an environment that the air quality level is in the
acceptable range as it should be,” said Dr. William Crawford,
Superintendent, Orange County Public Schools.
The school wants to make sure this doesn’t happen again, that's
why they are talking about implementing an air quality management plan.
This means the classroom temperature would be regulated and
lights would be required to stay on in certain areas of the mobile
units.
“Those simple things are the kinds of things we're going to be
monitoring more than quote unquote indoor air quality. We'll be
monitoring the environment to make sure that the moisture levels, light
and that kind of thing are in the levels that are going to help prevent
it,” said Crawford.
The school is unsure when the water damaged happened, but they
know that it's not recent.
Some of the mobile units have been at the school for 8 years.
When they were brought to the school they were used, so there's a
possibility there could have been preexisting mold conditions.
So far, there haven’t been any reported illnesses due to the mold
situation.
All mobile units used by Orange County Schools were tested, but
Locust Grove was the only school that had any units with mold.
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