Tempe, AZ – More mold has been found at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe. Reports on environmental testing of carpets being removed and of adjacent walls detail 2- to 3-square-inch spots of mold found at five locations on campus, according to a memorandum from Corona High plant-operations director Bob Anderson. According to the […]
Northampton, PA – Classes are cancelled at a local school due to a possible toxic classmate. Students at George Wolfe Elementary School in Bath, Northampton County are off for the rest of the week while school officials deal with mold. WFMZ’s Bo Koltnow has the story. Wendy, students were dismissed at 3:15 p.m. They won’t […]
Lodi, CA – Lodi Unified is scrounging together $8 million from various funds to pay for the Tokay High mold cleanup, but the district is also hoping the state will cover more than half the bill. Earlier this week, the district board approved taking $2 million from its General Fund, $1 million from the adult […]
Neptune Township, NJ – Three years and tens of millions of dollars later, part a brand new elementary school in New Jersey will be torn down before it ever held one class. The reason for this waste of taxpayer’s money: mold. From the outside, the almost-completed Midtown Community School looks to be a beacon of […]
Athens, Tenessee Valley – The Athens City Board of Education should shut down Brookhill Elementary if children and faculty continue to get sick, an Athens city councilman told the board on Monday. “The building is not worth one of your children’s health,” Councilman Harold Wales said during the joint board/council meeting. “I encourage you to […]
Mold-Help congratulates the Old Farmer’s Road School in Washington Township for taking the responsibility for admitting to their problems and taking care of the remediation of their school and caring enough about the indoor air quality of the children and school personnel. This is a rare and selfless act and we acknowledge and appreciate their […]
SUMRALL – With one of the problems facing Sumrall Elementary School being overcrowding, many other concerns hinder teachers and students each day. Karen Loftin, a fifth-grade teacher, stuffs a steel wool sponge in a hole in her wall to keep rats from entering the building. She said she is sometimes reluctant to turn on her […]
CANTON, Mich.– Officials at Salem High School say a fungus has been found inside the building and they’re taking steps to clean it out. A mold was found in a first-floor corridor of the Canton school. Officials found wet ceiling tiles and sweating pipes, and a further investigation uncovered the mold. The Plymouth-Canton school district […]
Jenna Jachles, 6, wears a sign to express her displeasure Thursday with cleanup efforts at Riverside Elementary. Broward school officials told angry parents Thursday that Riverside Elementary will be safe when school opens Aug. 26, but recent inspection reports say that mold and mildew clean-up work has been sloppy and rushed. On Wednesday, school district […]
Construction crews and school officials showed off a newly reopened St. Charles East High School on Thursday, more than a year after the far west suburban high school was closed because of potentially hazardous levels of mold. The $17 million, 10-month job was painstaking work, said David Kedrowski, project manager for the company that oversaw […]
The Knox County school system is taking action to protect an elementary school from mold. A contractor finished building the Dogwood Elementary School in 1994. School leaders told WVLT VOLUNTEER TV News there is a moisture problem in the school. They said the seals on walls have cracks, and that’s what’s causing the problem. Now, […]
by Tim Dana – Staff Writer, Eastern Arizona Courier Pima Kindergarten reopened after broken water lines caused mold in the school. This flooding closed the building and forced the two kindergarten classes to move classes. They moved to the Responsibility Center located in the elementary school double-wide trailer. Elementary Principal Lynne Jones said Pima Kindergarten […]
My 6 year old daughter started kindergarten at Sawmillwoods Elementary School in Whiteland, IN. Two weeks after starting school she became ill. Asthma is what the Doctor’s said she had. The school never notified any of the parents there was a mold issue in the school. Then an article in the Daily Journal appeared about […]
Terri Miles – Editor, Amity Observer WOODBRIDGE – There are worms in the carpet in the guidance wing of Amity High School, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, according to Bethany resident Lorri Cavaliere, a member of Interim School Supt. Michael Nast’s Environmental Committee. Cavaliere said many students who joined the Summer Theater […]
The doctors at Yale set me for allergy testing. The testing showed I was very allergic to mold. The doctors at Yale decided to remove me from school for three weeks to see if the infections would clear. It did.
Stephen Champagne says the mold in his rented Elm Street home has sent him to the hospital twice and is responsible for the headaches, fatigue, memory loss and respiratory ailments he has suffered since he moved in a year and a half ago. His son, who lives with his mother, is no longer allowed to […]
An annex at East High School has been closed because of excessive mold while students are being screened for possible health problems resulting from the contamination. Nurses began screening students and several classrooms remained closed Thursday as officials worked to protect East High School from a contaminant normally associated with tile grout: mold. Seventh- through […]
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