{"id":13314,"date":"2018-08-28T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T23:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=13314"},"modified":"2018-08-28T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T00:48:12","slug":"shurbs-soil-removed-near-brick-school-building-gets-ok-to-open-after-mold-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/08\/shurbs-soil-removed-near-brick-school-building-gets-ok-to-open-after-mold-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrubs, Soil Removed Near Brick School Building; Gets OK to Open After Mold Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13315\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Havens Young Elementary School (Photo: T&M Associates)\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes-400x215.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes-781x420.jpg 781w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes-640x344.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ehyes-681x366.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Havens Young Elementary School (Photo: T&M Associates)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mold levels inside one of Brick Township\u2019s elementary schools are lower than the outside air, a report from a district contractor said.<\/p>\n<p>Mold was found in seven classrooms at Emma Havens Young Elementary School during routine inspections before the upcoming opening of the 2018-19 school year. Since then, the district had the mold remediated, installed new de-humidifiers in the building and utilized the services of Environmental Safety Management Corporation to perform an inspection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen outdoor humidity remains chronically high (> 70% relative humidity), such has been common over the course of this summer, outdoor and indoor mold levels tend to increase,\u201d a report from Environmental Safety Management said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Richard M. Lynch, Ph.D, conducted the study and concluded that the weather, combined with plant life close to the building, increased the mold level in some rooms. A copy of his report is embedded in this article below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/387271519\/content?start_page=1&view_mode&access_key=key-7n6IjaTaCvbxU445KBP2\"  data-auto-height=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"scribd_387271519\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/387271519\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBased upon these findings, it is my professional opinion that the likely cause of the elevated indoor levels of common outdoor mold spores was the high chronic outdoor humidity over the past several weeks and the presence of shrubs and soil along the rear exterior wall covering the fresh air intakes for classrooms in the lower 100 wing,\u201d Lynch wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Based upon Lynch\u2019s findings, the following actions were taken:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brick Schools Facilities Staff removed shrubs and soil from the exterior wall of the lower 100 wing.<\/li>\n<li>A professional mold remediation contractor was hired to HEPA vacuum and HEPA airscrub each of the classrooms throughout the lower 100 wing of the school beginning Saturday August 25 through Monday August 27, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Supplemental dehumidifiers were also installed to reduce airborne humidity in non-air-conditioned areas.<\/li>\n<li>Unit ventilators throughout the school were re-cleaned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Sunday Aug. 26, follow-up air sampling was conducted in all rooms of the lower 100 wing as well as representative rooms in other areas of the building. Temperature and relative humidity were also measured and determined to be in the normal ranges and not supportive of mold growth, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased upon all of the above, it is my professional opinion that airborne mold levels in Emma Havens School are within normal ranges,\u201d Lynch wrote. \u201cNo abnormal mold hazard is indicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/08\/shurbs-soil-removed-near-brick-school-building-gets-ok-to-open-after-mold-test\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mold levels inside one of Brick Township\u2019s elementary schools are lower than the outside air, a report from a district contractor said. Mold was found in seven classrooms at Emma Havens Young Elementary School during routine inspections before the upcoming opening of the 2018-19 school year. 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