The decision has been made to keep Hinsdale Middle School closed for at least 2 additional instructional days, and perhaps even more. Now parents need to understand exactly why that is necessary, what was actually found within the walls at Hinsdale Middle School and what this means for the health and safety of the students, teachers and staff.
To look for answers to these questions, we carefully reviewed the information Dr. Schuster has provided parents and made available on the D181 website. Dr. Schuster made the following representation regarding the mold test results in the email she sent D181 parents late Saturday night:
"On January 16, surface samples were taken of possible mold growth observed by SERVPRO staff, who were on site to perform deep cleaning and removal of drywall. The results from these samples showed low concentration of mold spores on the drywall and surface samples tested."
In addition to this email, Dr. Schuster directed parents' attention to the web page the Administration has created on the D181 website that provides a detailed timeline of events and links to the actual test results. The timeline stated:
"Saturday, January 18. Written results from the mold test conducted on January 16 were received; results from the samples showed low concentrations of mold spores on the drywall and surface samples tested." (Click to open new web page.)
Dr. Schuster omitted mention of all the facts.
Nowhere in her email or on the new web page does she disclose that the test results also showed high concentrations of 3 different mold types on drywall "bulk" samples taken. Most importantly, Dr. Schuster does not tell parents, that "bulk" samples taken showed high concentrations of BLACK MOLD on two of the HMS drywalls that were tested.
But don't believe us. Read the report yourselves.
The following is the link to the Report on the Mold Test Results: http://www.d181.org/data/files/gallery/ContentGallery/91502_HMS_11614_Surface_and_Bulk_Sample_Report11.pdf.
Read the Report and the Bulk Sample Data provided in Exhibit B. The two are not consistent with what Dr. Schuster represents.
The Report says:
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