Monday, 27 August 2007 01:51
A.C.U.S.D Revisits Mold Issues
In the Board of Trustee’s meeting last week, an Ione parent says they
are concerned about Amador County Unified School district’s mold problem they
had last year. The problem was discovered at Ione Elementary after a
teacher reported mold to administrators. After inspections and testing, one classroom came back
with one mold spore found. The
remediation (clean up) was completed and the room retested.
Test
results indicate the room was clean. In the second
classroom it was determined there was a higher than usual level of an
allergen/mold. The students were removed
from the classroom and the room was cleaned.
Inspections were performed by both the Amador County Environmental
Health Department and a Certified Industrial Hygienist. One of the classrooms
at Ione remains closed due to an unusual odor. Inspections were then ordered
district wide and another problem set of portables were located on the campus
of Pine Grove Elementary School.
At the Pine Grove campus there were 2 classrooms as identified with a mold
related problems Those two classrooms remained closed. The parent in
front of the board last week was inquiring as to the progress being made and
letting the board know that the handling of these types of situations must be handled
appropriately and expediently. Assistant Superintendent in Charge of Business
Operations Barbara Murray responded to
the parent giving an update on what the district is doing in relationship to
finding the cause of the odor in the classroom.. Murray says that the district
is still in the process of developing a comprehensive plan to conduct an indoor
air quality survey and inspection of all classrooms and facilities
district-wide.