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This video of a school board meeting for CUSD 95, in Lake Zurich, Illinois, (a 12 minute segment viewed in part by using the slidebar) reveals the quandry of concerned parents, staff, and unions, sick children, and lack of a solution, over a period of years, at May Whitney Elementary School.
 CUSD 95 Board of Education Meeting February 28, 2008
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The February 28, 2008 Community Unit School District 95 Board of Education Meeting held at Lake Zurich ...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8418211096272665267
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Press the Play icon at bottom left, if need be, to begin, and by moving the slidebar under the video, start at 49.30 minute mark to hear parent C. Fitzgerald present, followed by a custodian employed by Aramark, and ending with a Union Representative at 1.01.37. This segment describes a parent's concerns about school mold and extensive dampness, with the illness of her children while attending May Whitney school, and her subsequent attempts to get the district and school board to address her concerns. The custodian describes the lack of time available to actually clean the schools properly, the replacement of stained ceiling tiles without the stoppage of the source of moisture, his concerns over the risk of exposure to molds and unhealthy building, the smell of mold and extensive water damage that is unaddressed, and various other concerns related to the contracting out of custodial work. A union representative describes her concerns with contracting out custodial work, what can happen when this occurs, and how this might lead to amplification of mold in a school. The parent and union rep ask for accurate tests to be conducted at May Whitney. The school board responds in a lack lustre manner for most of the presentation, but does express their concern for the children and the health of the school through one member. View to see if you are convinced. This is the typical type of response that concerned parents receive, which often leaves students in the middle. (SMH)
For background information, see other articles about mold concerns at May Whitney on https://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/category/8/56/33/ |
