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Parents and scientists warn district that many remodeled buildings lack up-to-date airflow reports
Summary
Public commenters told the board that recent remodels and new buildings in PPS lack current airflow/ventilation reports needed to verify indoor air quality and to size filtration; speakers urged commissioning and LEED Gold standards for future projects.
Epidemiologist Mandy Green and parents and volunteers with Safe and Healthy Air for Oregon Schools told the board on April 8 that several PPS modernizations and new school buildings lack updated airflow reports that measure ventilation performance in occupied classrooms.
"The Benson airflow report is actually a Marshall airflow report," Mandy Green said, referring to a report done when Benson students occupied another building; Green told the board she could not find a current airflow report for Benson, Lincoln, Access Academy, or multiple pathway buildings now in use. Green said…
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