From the BCCT.
Ironic?
Bristol Township School District to begin five-year asbestos abatement project
Posted in News on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pm by Joan Hellyer
The Bristol Township School District plans this summer to begin a five-year asbestos-removal effort in several of its schools, a district spokeswoman said today.
The school system did most of its asbestos abatement in the 1970s by removing all asbestos insulation and some tile flooring, Spokeswoman Eileen Kelliher said. However, some asbestos-containing tiles remain in the floors of Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School and the district’s nine elementary schools.
The asbestos, once widely used in building materials, can become hazardous and pose an increased health risk if its fibers become airborne, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
“[In Bristol Township’s case], the tiles are less than one percent asbestos and are only a concern when they are cracked or broken,” Kelliher said. “Nevertheless, we will be treating their removal with the utmost care, using the services and advice of experts in this field.”
The plan is to do two schools each summer break over the next five years. Clara Barton and Maple Shade elementary schools are set to undergo the asbestos removal this summer, officials said.
It should cost about $52,000 to do the abatement at Barton and about $120,000 for the older Maple Shade, said district officials during the school board’s planning session Monday night
The board will be asked during its Feb. 23 meeting to let administrators solicit bids for the project, according to an agenda reviewed by board members Monday night.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Ironic yes, but this is an example of a district that seems to be addressing the issue in a systematic, dare I say "planned", way, something I have concluded our board majority is incapable of.
Apparently, our known asbestos-laden buildings have to cause massively inconvenient to 1,000's evacuations and no school, no wait yes school via 9:15 pm night-before phone blasts when contractors drill into our known asbestos-laden buildings, overseen or not overseen by $4,800/month owner's engineers hired by the board.
"Stuff happens," Donald Rumsfeld, April 2003, in response to looting of antiquities early in Iraq War.
"Stuff happens," Sharon Hughes, January 2009, in response to M.R. Reiter furnace explosion.
This is just more "stuff happening", right?
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