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Repairs wrap up at Oak Ridge, but questions linger

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Category: Mold in Schools | Tags: testing remediation school niosh

GREENSBORO — Following seven months of work and more than $1.6 million spent, Guilford County Schools officials still can’t say whether they’ve fixed whatever might have been sickening students and faculty at Oak Ridge Elementary .

Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green conceded during a news conference Wednesday that while work to improve indoor air quality and abate mold growth is complete, no one involved can say the school is safe, nor did anyone ever say it wasn’t.

Green repeated the words said several times by Guilford County Schools officials during Tuesday night’s school board meeting: The engineering firm hired to oversee the work had performed “clearance testing” with positive results.

Frederick McKnight, a representative with Turner Building Science and Design , said testing has been done to ensure that moisture and mold levels are within acceptable ranges.

However, when school board members asked if the testing results mean the school doesn’t present a health concern, school board attorney Jill Wilson was quick to point out that neither district officials nor officials with the engineering firm could answer that.

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