Mold at the Schools

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Anonymous wrote:Does your school have an extreme mold issue? Watch NBC 4 news at 5:30 tonight for a story on one of the largest FCPS schools!

How can they justify spending over $150M on King Abdullah Academy if they have unremediated mold issues at their current schools?

What are you talking about?

Can you not read? Remediating mold at existing schools ought to be a higher priority than buying a new one.

Obviously. But what is King Abdullah Academy?

On June 12 the FCPS Board approved purchase of a private academy that was shutting down operations: https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/06/16/fcps-surprises-with-purchase-of-discontinuing-herndon-private-school/

They could take care of a lot of mold for the $150 million (and that's just the initial purchase price) they are planning to spend on this building.

They don't care if teachers and kids get sick in other, neglected buildings so long as they have a photo op in another year or two.

Shame on them.

Read Reid's message today. They are willing to forego $160 million in federal funds to fall on their trans sword. Seems to me this building is a great deal. We'll have something to show for the money rather than spending it on legal fees.

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Anonymous wrote:Does your school have an extreme mold issue? Watch NBC 4 news at 5:30 tonight for a story on one of the largest FCPS schools!

How can they justify spending over $150M on King Abdullah Academy if they have unremediated mold issues at their current schools?

What are you talking about?

Can you not read? Remediating mold at existing schools ought to be a higher priority than buying a new one.

Obviously. But what is King Abdullah Academy?

On June 12 the FCPS Board approved purchase of a private academy that was shutting down operations: https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/06/16/fcps-surprises-with-purchase-of-discontinuing-herndon-private-school/

They could take care of a lot of mold for the $150 million (and that's just the initial purchase price) they are planning to spend on this building.

They don't care if teachers and kids get sick in other, neglected buildings so long as they have a photo op in another year or two.

Shame on them.

Read Reid's message today. They are willing to forego $160 million in federal funds to fall on their trans sword. Seems to me this building is a great deal. We'll have something to show for the money rather than spending it on legal fees.

Wait, if they are going to forego all this federal funding and incur legal expenses to fight the Trump Administration, won't that require belt-tightening? Isn't that all the more reason not to spend over $150 million on a building that may not be fit for use as a public HS without some major changes? I read a post by a former KAA teacher familiar with the building who said it can't currently accommodate a lot of HS kids.

Whether it's $160 million in lost federal funds or $150 million on a questionable purchase, FCPS lets opportunity after opportunity slip to get its current portfolio of properties in good condition.

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Anonymous wrote:Every school I’ve worked at in 25 years has had terrible mold. The hvac systems are bad and roofs leak. It doesn’t matter if the buildings are old or new.

I need to get moving and go in but my dull headache is back. I always get it during my the year when I’m in the building. I didn’t have it all summer. The working conditions are so bad.

Yup and you get these guys that come in looking annoyed and say we are here to check levels they hold up their machine and say all good. It's ridiculous as teachers and students are on their 5th sinus infection and it's October.True story.

I've had this happen.

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FCPS hasn't been good at facilities maintenance or capital planning for decades. They neglect some schools and spend extravagently on others, including ones that aren't even needed.

The internal rot within Gatehouse contributes to the external rot in its buildings.

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Two people to blame at Hayfield for the mold. Ex principal Darin Thompson and new DSA Dave Drickey. Drickey was hired because he is a Thompson ass kisser and extremely under qualified for the DSA position.

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Anonymous wrote:Two people to blame at Hayfield for the mold. Ex principal Darin Thompson and new DSA Dave Drickey. Drickey was hired because he is a Thompson ass kisser and extremely under qualified for the DSA position.

I know almost nothing about Hayfield. But, I don't see how the new DSA has anything to do with the mold.That falls on FCPS facilities and the Hayfield administration (Principal and AP's.) Surely, someone at Hayfield oversees the custodians, etc.