Air quality one of many reasons for first-day school jitters in Fairhaven, MA

FAIRHAVEN, MA — Air quality was among the concerns of parents at Oxford Elementary School kindergarten orientation. Air-quality tests had threatened to keep students out of the building for the school year. However, results from new tests gave town officials the all clear to allow students in the building.

Oxford Elementary School has been closed since 2007, but the School Committee decided to use the building this year for students who usually attend the Wood School while a new school is being built on that site.

 

The start of most classes at Oxford was postponed after indoor air-quality tests came back positive for black mold spores.

 

"The experts say they have never seen a school district go to these extremes, and we probably overreacted," Hartley-Matteson said of the use of agents from the state's Department of Public Health. "But I would much rather overreact, because we know that everyone in this building is going to be safe."

 

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Mold in new $13M Savannah housing complex

Tenants are reporting mold, mildew and leaks in a new apartment complex that received $13 million in city funds to replace outdated public housing.
The Savannah Morning News reports one former Savannah Gardens tenant, Asia Jones, has hired an attorney. She says standing water in her son's bedroom and an outbreak of mold not only forced her family to move but also sent her and her children to the hospital with respiratory illnesses.

City leaders have touted Savannah Gardens, a $100 million development, as a public-private partnership to combat blight.

Charice Heywood, president of Atlanta-based Mercy Housing Southeast which developed Savannah Gardens, says problems have been found in six or seven units and are being fixed.

Source: The Associated Press

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