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Cambridge school opens after mold cleanup

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Category: Mold in Schools | Tags: testing roof leak stachybotrys

Although some teachers had less than a day to prepare their rooms, Cambridge Elementary School began the academic year as scheduled Tuesday after conquering a serious mold problem.

“It’s wonderful,” Principal Shelly Logston said.

The school received the go-ahead to have classes at about 7 a.m. Monday, just over 24 hours before classes were set to begin. “You walk into the building and it’s cool and it smells nice,” she said.

Workers installing a geothermal heating and cooling system in the school discovered the mold problem last month. District officials had noticed the school’s roof had been leaking last fall, but could not find any contractors to repair it over the winter. The roof now has been repaired.

Moisture settled in the space between the drop ceiling and the roof, and mold formed during the sweltering temperatures. The district had the mold tested, and it came back as stachybotrys mold, also known as black mold, a particularly toxic form of the substance.

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