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Elizabethtown Area SD approves quarterly air-quality testing after August samples show no unusual mold levels
Summary
The school board approved quarterly district-wide air-quality testing by Cumberland Analytical Laboratories after August mold sampling found interior counts well below exterior levels; board debated monthly vs. quarterly frequency and mold-sample timing.
The Elizabethtown Area School District board voted to commission quarterly air-quality testing by Cumberland Analytical Laboratories after the company’s August sampling showed interior mold counts substantially lower than outdoor readings.
The board action on Sept. 23 authorizes quarterly district-wide visits by Cumberland to collect real-time indoor air measurements such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity, methane and hydrogen sulfide, with laboratory mold analysis added when the technician’s instruments indicate a need. The district will post monthly testing results to a new section of the district website, the board was told.
Cumberland owner Rich Rausch presented the August 13 results to the board, saying outdoor mold counts that day measured about 15,613 colony-forming units per cubic meter while interior samples in the high school, middle school and elementary schools were far lower —…
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