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Flint board responds after teacher letter raises asbestos and safety concerns at renovated school
Summary
A grandparent raised concerns about a teacher-distributed letter alleging asbestos in school doors; Superintendent Jones said district testing cleared the renovated building and the district will work with its environmental consultant and attorneys to reassure families.
A grandparent told the Flint Board of Education Committee of the Whole on Sept. 12 that a teacher sent home an unauthorized letter about possible asbestos in doors at a recently renovated school and urged the district to explain conditions to families.
The concern came during the meeting’s public-comment period, when Sonia Sims Akins identified herself as the grandmother of an eighth grader at STEM Academy and said she received a letter from a teacher that raised alarms about work that “wasn’t changed out back during the renovations.” She said parents and grandparents should be informed and asked the district to “please address this, that the parents and…
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