Crews work to remove mold from Knoxville school

February 3, 2006

As Seen on VOLUNTEER TV

Knoxville school closed due to mold problems

Knoxville,TN

Knoxville (WVLT) - Mold is being cleaned-up today inside West Valley

Middle after several children have become ill, possibly linked to

the bacteria.

Volunteer TV's McCloud is at the school this afternoon with

the latest on the clean-up efforts and details on how long this

school will be shut-down.

The students can only expect a long weekend crews are going to clean

over the weekend and have the school safe for all children to return

Monday.

Crews are making progress, but they still have a lot of work to do.

Knox County maintenance personal are cleaning every corner of the

seventh grade wing specifically the three classrooms where mold was

actually found.

Crews are scrubbing air diffusers and vents specifically as well as

all surfaces and even doing some regular maintenance like cleaning

coils on the heating and cooling system.

But they aren't just cleaning what you see, but they are also making

sure the air is clean.

" The mold can go into the air as we are cleaning it and that's why

we've got air scrubbers in the building and will run those as we

clean and for a period of time after we clean, " explains Russ Oaks

After everything is clean, Oaks says more samples will be taken and

tested for mold.

Those results should be back by the end of next week.

They expect a full report in two to three weeks.

Now keep in mind this is a fairly new school, the building was

completed in 1999, so why would they be having mold problems?

We'll have more later today right here on WVLT, Volunteer TV News,

beginning with FIRST at 4:00.

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