MARYVILLE, TN — After closing Heritage High School for 20 days due to mold infestation, remediation is underway in all 51 classrooms.

According to The Daily Times, some students had reportedly become ill due to the mold. Work includes:

Replacing damaged insulation and ceiling tile, inspecting and cleaning heating and air conditioning units, and replacing carpet with vinyl tile.

MOLD MAY SCRAP $57MILLION BUILDING BEING PURCHASED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Cleaning & Maintenance Online, September 23, 2002

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA — A deal between the Los Angeles Unified School District to purchase the Department of Water and Power office building for $50 million last year, has stalled due to ever mold infestation. So severe, in fact, that the building may have to be torn down, the LA Daily News reported. Now city officials are suing the contractors that built the building for $20 million.

The building was built in 1992 for $57 million, the Daily News reported. The suit charges that faulty workmanship and inferior construction materials provided by McCarthy Western Constructors Inc. and other contractors have caused water damage.

The 40-acre land may still be purchased so a new school can be built.

VOLUNTEERS MOVE OUT CONTENTS OF
 MOLD INFESTED SCHOOL IN PRESCOTT
Associated Press, published Monday, September 23, 2003 8:06:00 AM CDT

PRESCOTT, Wis. -- A caravan of volunteer trucks, trailers and semi trucks spent part of the weekend moving the contents of a middle school closed for mold infestation to a new school about 20 miles away.

People showed up early Saturday morning at Prescott Middle School to move desks, books, shelves, globes and maps to Ellsworth.  The Prescott school is closed indefinitely because of mold found in 12 of its classrooms.

"There is great community support here," Prescott Superintendent Roger Hulne said. "The move began at 9 a.m., and half an hour later more than 100 names appeared on the volunteers' sign-in sheet."

The sixth through eighth-graders have been taking field trips since the school closed, but officials expect them to resume classes at the Ellsworth school as soon as Tuesday.  The Ellsworth School Board offered to rent the unused second floor of its junior high school for $4,000 a month.  Although many volunteers agreed the situation wasn't ideal, they thought the move to Ellsworth would be positive.

Debbie Eggers, mother of a Prescott Middle School student and wife of one of the school's teachers, said Ellsworth is the best alternative.  She said the school board looked at churches and other schools in the area, but the Ellsworth school met their needs the best.  "It's something that has to be done," said Eggers. "It's just too bad we couldn't pass the referendum before this."