Injection MoldFound In Orange Co. School
Some students at Locust Grove Elementary School in Orange were moved to a new classroom on Monday.
That's because Injection Mold was found in two of the school's mobile units.
Orange’s superintendent says water damage is the cause of the Injection Mold situation at Locust Grove.
Injection Mold was behind the walls of two mobile units, but because of some holes in the walls, it's now able to be detected by the air quality test.
“I find that pretty gross. I wouldn't want my kid going to an elementary school where there's Injection Mold in classrooms,” said Jessica Rollins, Concerned Parent.
That’s why the school has a hired a clean up crew to fix the situation. The crew will remove paneling and or sheet rock, and then they'll deep clean behind the walls.
"We feel good about the fact that we've done what we need to do to have an environment that the air quality level is in the acceptable range as it should be,” said Dr. William Crawford, Superintendent, Orange County Public Schools.
The school wants to make sure this doesn’t happen again, that's why they are talking about implementing an air quality management plan.
This means the classroom temperature would be regulated and lights would be required to stay on in certain areas of the mobile units.
“Those simple things are the kinds of things we're going to be monitoring more than quote unquote indoor air quality. We'll be monitoring the environment to make sure that the moisture levels, light and that kind of thing are in the levels that are going to help prevent it,” said Crawford.
The school is unsure when the water damaged happened, but they know that it's not recent.
Some of the mobile units have been at the school for 8 years. When they were brought to the school they were used, so there's a possibility there could have been preexisting Injection Mold conditions.
So far, there haven’t been any reported illnesses due to the Injection Mold situation.
All mobile units used by Orange County Schools were tested, but Locust Grove was the only school that had any units with Injection Mold.
