Mold Problem At A Rockland School

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Feb 16, 2006 3:10 pm US/Eastern

Mold Problem At A Rockland School

Jordan

Reporting

WCBS-TV New York - NY

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_047152314.html

(CBS) GARNERVILLE Dozens of students and staff members of a Rockland

elementary school have been removed from their classrooms after high

levels of mold was found.

A number of them had complained about feeling sick, so the

administration at North Garnerville Elementary School called Indoor

Air Care to test the air. They found higher-than-normal levels of

both stachybotrys and aspengillus/penicillium spores.

Notes have been sent home to parents, and students have been put in

other parts of the building.

The problem appears to be caused by leaks in a ceiling valve that

had been repaired once before. The area is expected to be cleaned up

over the school break next week.