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Board approves gym floor replacement and hazardous‑material mitigation after tartan floor testing
Summary
Board approved three business‑services contracts to remove a mercury‑containing tartan surface, mitigate hazardous materials, and replace the gym floor and related equipment; the presentation described an 8‑foot containment wall, heating and testing of concrete, and hazardous‑waste disposal of contaminated wood.
The Mount Vernon City Schools board approved three business‑services contracts to remove an existing gym surface that testing showed contains mercury, to mitigate contaminated materials, and to install a new wood gym floor and related equipment.
A district business‑services presenter told the board that portions of the existing gym floor include an older “tartan” resilient surface and underlying ply wood placed over discs. Those…
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