Elementary School Finally Abandoned

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Saturday, November 17, 2001

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School, Target of Mold Complaints, Abandoned

By Los Angeles Times

After years of teacher complaints that mold in their classrooms was

making them sick, district officials decided this week to abandon

Elementary School.

More testing is needed to determine what exactly is happening. Three

separate environmental studies have failed to show dangerous levels of mold

spores in the school.

The move was approved this week in an emergency vote by the district

board to allow for additional testing of the 1960s-era hillside school.

As many as 21 portable units will be trucked onto a grass field and

baseball diamond at the back of the campus, at a cost of about $1.5 million.

Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times