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Parents urge use of portable HEPA purifiers and call for stronger communication and staffing support at BJM
Summary
Public commenters asked the board to allow teachers to use PTA-provided HEPA air purifiers to increase classroom air changes, and neighbors and staff raised concerns about communication consistency and teacher/ESP retention at BJM; a taxpayer requested agenda placement for county low-income property tax relief.
Several community members used the Dec. 17 public-comment period to press the board on health and building-level issues.
A PTA representative delivered a petition asking the board and ICSD to permit teachers to use portable HEPA air purifiers parents would provide, saying purifiers can increase air-changes-per-hour toward a 6 ACH target and citing ASHRAE guidance and recent CDC/EPA recommendations. The speaker said the…
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