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.