The superintendent's office also issued regular status reports to district officials. We even brought in a medical doctor, one who specializes in IAQ-related illnesses, for two days to answer questions. Preparing for after-care A few weeks after school started, QIC took a few more samples, which also were sent to Texas Tech for additional study. Kirihara, meanwhile, put together Tom Green's written IAQ plan. But it doesn't mean you don't have to worry about the building for a year.
Circumstances can change, literally over night.
To keep pace with the potential for change, QIC helped Tom Green's maintenance staff develop an after-care program. Nellie Brown, an occupational health expert at Cornell University, helped QIC compile the safe-chemicals list. That's part of the plan. As the small, but growing district builds new schools, it'll make sure that the architects commissioned to design buildings are up to speed on IAQ issues. And as of early February, Hays Consolidated Independent School District planned to name Gary Hutzler, the district's director of maintenance, as the district's first IAQ coordinator.