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The South Korean Seoul American Middle School for the children of our US Army families stationed there is an embarrassing, dangerous, filthy, rodent-infested, leaky, moldy mess, according to the description in Stars and Stripes, below. Those in charge of the building from the Army end deny health effects, as often seen - but we feel they are either misinformed or playing "defense". We predict this story will make you upset and wonder, if these are the conditions families are subjected to, would it be worth endangering one's children to serve on this military base? This is not the first military families' school or military housing that has been described as so unhealthy. We feel it is about time that the American gov't protected its military families and regular citizens from filthy, unhealthy conditions in US schools, wherever they are found. We invite you to write the US Army about these problems -
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: Mr. Hoff is the DODDS Pacific, Public Affairs Officer. His supervisor is listed below the article. (SMH)
Excerpts:
"Teachers, parents and administrators described a number of problems at the school, from leaky roofs to doorways that bottleneck when students enter or leave. One classroom is permeated with the smell of raw sewage, they said, and administrators said sewage erupted out of one toilets in their office earlier this year.
According to a PowerPoint presentation prepared for a school meeting, mold grows through carpets, and rats easily enter some buildings and are heard running in the ceilings."
"[DODDS-Pacific spokesman Charly Hoff] said he didn’t know if there had been any other illnesses related to the conditions of the schools, but he did not believe the buildings pose a health hazard.
"I can assure you that if we felt there was a health hazard, we would take very prompt action," he said." (Stars and Stripes)
Mr. Hoff, we can prove it is dangerous - read the WHO guidelines for indoor air quality : dampness and mould (July 2009). (SMH)
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