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School staff member urges urgent repairs at Mattawan Valley, citing extreme temperatures, plumbing failures and arsenic near state limit
Summary
A school staff member told meeting attendees that Mattawan Valley has classrooms reaching 80–85°F, insufficient electrical capacity that prevents use of grant-funded kitchen equipment, toilets that stop flushing during events, and water arsenic consistently at 0.098 ppm—near the 0.1 ppm state threshold. She urged renovations beyond the district’s current capital budget.
A school staff member who did not give her name described deteriorating infrastructure at Mattawan Valley and urged the district to pursue repairs or replacement that exceed the scope of current capital funding.
The staff member said some classrooms “were running 80 and 85°,” while others pump cold air, forcing students and staff to bring blankets. “They carry them around all day so that they can wrap up and be warm,” she said, framing the temperature swings as a daily barrier to learning.
She told the meeting the building lacks adequate electrical capacity so that, in her words, “kitchen staff wrote a…
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