Weast's Plan: Leaky pipes and dead animal odor

How does "leading American education expert" Superintendent Weast maintain MCPS school facilities in a world class school system? Listen up Harvard University, Northern Ireland Parliament, New Jersey school systems, and Professional Learning Communities Institute, this is what you want to emulate. 


Potomac Almanac:  For Cabin John, a Double Dose of Maintenance

Parents find Tilden Holding Center unfit.
By Ansley LaBarre
Thursday, November 12, 2009

On their first visit to the temporary academic facility, parents found profane graffiti on the walls, absent baseboards leaving gaps above the floor, and leaky pipes dripping through ceiling tiles — an issue that led to the corrosion of electrical outlets and light fixtures. The faulty heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system left some parents wondering if the excess water was causing mold to grow in the building while concerns grew over the possibility of increased student illness...

...concerned with the decaying and broken asbestos tiles in the stairwells...

..."My jaw hit the floor at the filth and the blatant disrepair of the building," said Lisa Caplan, parent to a seventh grader...  
...the timing of which left parents wondering if the maintenance issues would have gone unnoticed had they not raised alarm...
 
... "Although issues like a nonfunctioning HVAC unit and dead animal odor were noted in the air quality report."...

"James Song has promised to resolve the list of 52 items we noted at the beginning of the school year and we are continuing to work with MCPS on unresolved issues."

"You can put in all the new ceiling tiles you want," said Caplan, who believes there are instances where the County has resolved to temporary solutions. "But if you don’t stop the leaks above the ceiling tiles at the source, then all that new money is going to waste."