The Lafayette Parish School System says its mold issues will be old news by the start of the school year. Mold was recently discovered by work crews at Ernest Gallet Elementary. LPSS spokesperson Angie Simoneaux says crews should finish at Gallet next week. After work is complete, air quality tests will be done to ensure that all the mold is gone and that the pod is safe. Then, letters will be sent home to the parents and staff explaining what was done and what the findings of the tests are.
Crews are also finishing up work at N.P. Moss Middle related to its water intrusion and should be finished in the next few days. LPSS also plans to begin checking for water intrusion problems at three other elementary schools: Live Oak, J. Wallace James and Charles Burke.
... written by Travlena , July 10, 2009 - 06:03 pm
As a parents of children that go to Ernest Gallet I find this all very aggravating. These schools are the newest in the parish so how is it that ALL of them are having these problems? Seems to me there are some basic design or building flaws with these schools. I sure hope the LPSS looks into this and tries to find out if there is some recourse against the architects and/or builders of these schools. While I am worried about my children's health I am even more worried that our tax dollars were spent to build what looks to be substandard schools that are suffering from poor design and/or shoddy workmanship. Someone needs to be held accountable!
... written by nolaf , July 10, 2009 - 08:11 pm
Unless I've missed it in the local media, I've seen no mention made of the architects/builders/contracters for the new school buildings that are having problems, other than N.P. Moss. Are they the same? Are there connections? Considering that the LPSS has legally struck out with the shoddy N.P Moss building issue, and are currently considering appealing the latest ruling, it seems that if there ARE connections, LPSS's appeal may be supported by these additional new building intrusion issues. I'd like to see more details be made public.
... written by pedro , July 10, 2009 - 11:36 pm
We have been "working through" the "mold problem" for over 20 years. It is time to try something/someone new. If the same person is still in charge of facilities, we need to FIRE him/her or state some serious reasons (there are none) for the neglect. I would like to hear Mike Hefner's explaination of the problem. He has served (we have paid him) on the school board for quite some time. He should know why our buildings have been ignored. It time to stop the excuses and start pointing fingers at the LPSS employees responsible for the millions of dollars of damage. If we cannot afford to ignore our own homes in this manner there is no reason we should allow others to waste our tax dollars this way.
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