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Not surprisingly, at the same school where 10 staff members were taken to the hospital, the students are revealing that they are also ill.
SMH calls on board members to close this school until it is truly safe or demolished, if need be, so that no one else becomes ill from being inside this building.
Students: Mold At School Made Us Sick
http://www.click2houston.com/news/14121573/detail.html
By Elizabeth Scarborough
POSTED: 9:08 am CDT September 15, 2007
UPDATED: 9:55 am CDT September 15, 2007
HOUSTON -- For two weeks, teachers and custodians have been saying mold at Key Middle School is making them ill. Some have been taken away from the school by stretcher. Students were complaining of the same symptoms on Friday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Nakia and Ashley Nelson were supposed to be in class this week, but their mom said she is not sending them back.
"I'll find another school if I have to," said Felicia Nelson.
Her daughters were both on several medications for rashes, allergies and asthma. They said the symptoms started when they started going to class in the annex building at Key Middle School.
There are numerous pictures teachers said they took of mold in different areas inside the annex. Since Aug. 27, teachers and custodians have been complaining about the mold. Some even got sick and were taken to the hospital.
Houston Independent School District spokesman Terry Abbott said the building has been cleaned extensively and has been deemed safe several times. He said the Health Department checked the building on Friday and there was nothing wrong.
"They keep saying there's nothing wrong, but there must be something wrong if people keep getting sick," Felicia Nelson said
She said she is most frustrated that her girls are missing school and losing out on learning.
"We like going to school," Ashley, 11, said. "Now I don't feel safe."
"I can't get my education because of mold," said 13-year-old Nakia.
The district said students can transfer any time they want.
See Houston ISD Refuses to Close School: http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=576&Itemid=46
Previous Stories:
September 12, 2007: More Teachers Sickened At Key Middle School
http://www.click2houston.com/education/14101572/detail.html
September 10, 2007: 2 Teachers Sickened At Key Middle School
http://www.click2houston.com/education/14085776/detail.html
September 4, 2007: Students Return To School Where Janitors Sickened
http://www.click2houston.com/education/14041257/detail.html
September 2, 2007: 7 Custodians Sickened While Cleaning School
http://www.click2houston.com/news/14031333/detail.html
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