Mold, odor addressed at RCS High School

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Mold, odor addressed at RCS High School

Students sent home early; contractors examine ceiling tiles

RAVENA, Nov. 16

By WNYT Staff, WNYT - Albany,NY

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Two building problems are being addressed at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk

High School.

Students at the school were dismissed at 12:45 p.m. after an odor

was detected coming from a crawlspace under the school.

Emergency crews were called and students were moved to the middle

school around noon.

Two students and seven faculty members complained earlier of

nausea. Both students and one of the faculty members were sent home.

The cause of the odor is not known. All after school and evening

activities at the middle and high schools were cancelled.

Meanwhile, environmental contractors are examining ceiling tiles

removed from the school.

Eleven students and a teacher went to the nurse's office earlier

this week complaining of vertigo symptoms.

Mold on the ceiling tiles is believed to be responsible.

Two classrooms have been closed off.