In the meantime, I also got complaints from 27 parents about ventilation and air quality issues in the middle school, Pritchett said. He learned that the ventilation system was removed in the 1980s a common action during the energy crisis days. There is none. All you have is windows, he said. Kids, teachers getting sick Kids were getting headaches.
Kids come home and they are exhausted beyond belief.
Some days, it is really hot or cold. And because there is no ventilation, the bacteria just keep spreading around each other. Teachers were getting sick, Pritchett said. So Pritchett wrote another inspection report, this time ordering new superintendent Martin to fix the problems by November 15. Then, in mid-August, he and DPI went back and found lead paint peelings.