{"id":347,"date":"2016-02-29T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2016-02-22T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:16:40","slug":"roof-leaks-at-local-high-school-raise-mold-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/29\/roof-leaks-at-local-high-school-raise-mold-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Roof Leaks at Local High School Raise Mold Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rockland County, New York\u2019s Ramapo High School is not having a winning year. Staff, students, and parents are all concerned about <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/mold-concerns.php\" target=\"_blank\">mold and fungus<\/a> resulting from a leaky roof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keeping matters contained<\/strong><br \/>\nGarbage cans are currently being used to contain the leaks, affecting two classrooms that have been closed off for the time being. Students and substitute teachers have complained of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/20\/whats-that-smell-mold\/\" target=\"_blank\">bad smell<\/a> emanating from the area. A district representative noted the two rooms affected have been isolated, but students and staff report a hall with the same issues still remains open and used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDeplorable\u201d conditions\u2026 <\/strong><br \/>\nState Senator David Carlucci toured the school Monday, February 1st after receiving multiple emails and calls from concerned parents. He noted dampness and odor, referring to the conditions at the school as \u201cdeplorable.\u201d Carlucci posted photos of the damage on Twitter and took the matter to Albany this week in an effort to secure emergency funding for <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/mold-treatment-remediation.php\" target=\"_blank\">repairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the wait?<\/strong><br \/>\nDennis Walcott, appointed monitor for the school district due to internal fighting, stated residents voted down a bond proposal last year that could have covered the repairs, estimated at $1 million. The defeat of the proposal left the school sans-funds, and the recent blizzard added insult to injury with the weight of snow destroying previous patchwork and exacerbating leaks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ongoing problems<\/strong><br \/>\nAir samples were taken the same day the senator visited. Results are still pending. The affected wing remains open for classes despite the issue. The school has previous citations from the state\u2019s Department of Labor for mold and vermin.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t live with the threat of mold and fungus. Schedule your <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/free-mold-treatment-quote.php\" target=\"_blank\">free mold inspection<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Stern Mold<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockland County, New York\u2019s Ramapo High School is not having a winning year. Staff, students, and parents are all concerned about mold and fungus resulting from a leaky roof. Keeping matters contained Garbage cans are currently being used to contain the leaks, affecting two classrooms that have been closed off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,23,1],"tags":[77,76,78],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mold-and-your-health","category-mold-identification","category-news","tag-issues-with-mold","tag-mold-control","tag-mold-in-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}