MCPS Says HVAC will be used to "flush" out classrooms, but at 5 year old Hallie Wells Middle School AC is not working in multiple rooms for months, no air cleaners.

 

The Montgomery County Public Schools website has a COVID-19 Information webpage.   

Under the section titled HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES, the Board of Education lists what will be done by MCPS building services staff during this COVID-19 pandemic.  The information posted to the MCPS website is shown in the image.  

Note the description of building services staff duties related to COVID-19 Health and Safety Procedures is very, very vague.  

The Parents' Coalition has been looking into what these Health and Safety Procedures look like in actual schools. 

We have been informed that at Hallie Wells Middle School, for example, there are multiple classrooms that have been without air conditioning for months.  The classrooms have not been supplied with air cleaners. 

Hallie Wells Middle School was opened in August of 2016.  

8 MCPS COVID-19 in Buildings Notifications from Oct. 30, 2020 - January 20, 2021. Two for the MCPS Technology Distribution Site.

 Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at 45 W. Gude Drive Technology Distribution Site

(January 20, 2021)

We are writing to share that an MCPS employee who works at the 45 W. Gude technology distribution and support site has tested positive for COVID-19. The last date the employee worked on-site was Janua ...(more)

Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Gaithersburg Middle School

(January 15, 2021)

Dear MCPS Community: We are writing to share that a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) food and nutrition services staff member working at the Gaithersburg Middle School meal distribution site ...(more)

Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Northwest High School

(December 18, 2020)

Dear MCPS Community: We are writing to share that a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) food and nutrition services staff member working at the Northwest High School meal distribution site has ...(more)

Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Hallie Wells Middle School

(December 17, 2020)

Dear MCPS Community: We are writing to share that a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) food and nutrition services staff member working at the Hallie Wells Middle School meal distribution site ...(more)

Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Harmony Hills Elementary School

(December 2, 2020)

Dear MCPS Community: We are writing to share that a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) food and nutrition services staff member working at the Harmony Hills Elementary School meal distribution ...(more)

Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at South Lake Elementary School

(November 13, 2020)

Dear MCPS Community: We are writing to share that a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) food and nutrition services staff member working at the South Lake Elementary School meal distribution si ...(more)

Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Fallsmead Elementary School

(November 2, 2020)

Dear Fallsmead Elementary School Parents and Guardians:   We are writing to share that an MCPS staff member engaged in materials distribution at Fallsmead Elementary School has tested positiv ...(more)

Notification: COVID-19 Case at 45 W. Gude Drive Technology Distribution Site

(October 30, 2020)

We are writing to share that an MCPS employee who works at the 45 W. Gude technology distribution and support site has tested positive for COVID-19. The last date the employee worked on-site was Octob ...(more)