“Obviously, we have here an unhealthy and an unsafe school for almost 900 students,” Raphael said at the South Lake press event this week. “That’s inexcusable in a county with our resources.”
Showing posts with label rats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rats. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2020
Thursday, August 27, 2020
‘It’s just not right’: Needed repairs at Montgomery County school asked to be sped up
A Montgomery County, Maryland, elementary school that is home to many minority students has been dealing with numerous problems, including overcrowding, collapsing ceilings, overheating and pests, as WTOP first reported.
Now, school leaders are trying to make sure students at South Lake Elementary School in Gaithersburg don’t have to wait even longer for a much-needed overhaul.
Indications are that “this building is beyond its useful life,” said Seth Adams, director of the Department of Facilities Management for the county school system, “and even after the close to 30 pest control visits, the two years’ worth of indoor air quality work … we’re still fighting that battle with keeping up with South Lake.”..
Thursday, July 30, 2020
WTOP Exclusive: ‘They don’t care’ — Rodents, crowding, maintenance problems in a Montgomery County school
One of the elementary schools with one of the highest minority populations in Maryland’s Montgomery County has been plagued with overcrowding, collapsing ceilings, overheating and other problems for years, say parents, activists and educators. One teacher shared video of vermin running around her classroom at night. And scheduled fixes, already years off, have been postponed.
In this story only on WTOP, those problems have some parents claiming race is involved. At the same time, county officials, including a Black council member, deny the charge and say help is on the way, and the president of the PTA recently said, “I don’t believe anything they actually have to say.”
At South Lake Elementary School, on Contour Road in Gaithersburg, the students are more than 90% either Black or Latino. More than 90% have received free meals through the county’s FARMS program...
...LaDuca also described dead mice on the classroom floor, along with rodent droppings in student lunch bins and torn-up shreds of school materials.
Dr. Barton Behravesh, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said a rodent infestation is “definitely a concern for children’s health and something that needs to be addressed.” He added, “Any school that has a rodent problem of any level should take that seriously.”..
...“If this were a restaurant,” she said, “it would’ve been shut down.”..
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
MCPS school building: A rat lay dead...
Yes, this auditorium is in a MCPS school building currently in use. This auditorium has been rotting inside a MCPS school for 14 years.
Gazette: When will the curtain rise again for the Old Blair Auditorium
It’s like a horror movie.
Shoes and clothes left from a final performance are strewn about the dressing rooms. Mold has crept over the auditorium seats, stage curtains, and in the bathrooms. A rat lay dead at the women’s dressing room entrance, and parts of the ceiling have fallen down from water leaks...
Monday, March 8, 2010
Bethesda school dealing with rats | Washington Examiner
Bethesda school dealing with rats | Washington Examiner
In an e-mail to parents and staff, Burning Tree Elementary School officials announced that they had found a rat's nest on campus and "two or Three [sic] dead rats."Read more excuses at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Bethesda-school-dealing-with-rats-86998372.html#ixzz0he1Sazol
Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Dana Tofig blamed February's blizzard for the school's new tenants.
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