BTW it only takes one lawsuit or sufficient inquiry / review and MCPS (or the scape goat) is finished.

Could the PTA step up?

For the children!

[quote=Anonymous]PP will the testing be done accurately? MCPS has been know to cut corners.

Furthermore, will negative results be shared with public?

Inside sources state the it was not a case of dropping the ball - but of Starr and company directing the resources to closing the achievement gap.

Definitely an issue for an independent IG as prior post stated.

MCPS needs its own IG - as stated by PP![/quote]

Will the testing be done accurately? Will results be shared with the public? Who knows? The future hasn't happened yet! Suppose you let MCPS test, and then see how it went?

Also, "inside sources". I mean, really.

10:03

Have not received that letter yet. May I ask which school?

Appears as if the Principals should have been more on top of things since the Starr MCPS system is known to drop the ball.

Anyone else receive the letter?

Thank you

PP will the testing be done accurately? MCPS has been know to cut corners.

Furthermore, will negative results be shared with public?

Inside sources state the it was not a case of dropping the ball - but of Starr and company directing the resources to closing the achievement gap.

Definitely an issue for an independent IG as prior post stated.

MCPS needs its own IG - as stated by PP!

We got a letter yesterday from our principal saying the school would be retested within three weeks. So, I'm glad that the journalists brought this to light and glad it is apparently being addressed.

Anonymous wrote:

Where do you think MCPS administrators send their kids? Not MCPS. Gonzaga, Holy Cross, Good Counsel

I wonder what the source of your information is? I have children in two schools in MCPS. The principal of one school sends his children to MCPS. The principal of the other school sends her children to Frederick County Public Schools (because she lives in Frederick County).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be immediate action.
It is not happening. What will it take? Maybe all the parents pulling the kids out?

Please read what you wrote.

Does it make sense from a logistical standpoint?

Maybe you can afford private school, but MOST MoCo parents, even in the W school zones can not.

Full disclosure: I teach for MCPS in a non-affected school. My neighborhood school IS affected. My DC goes to private.

Where do you think MCPS administrators send their kids? Not MCPS. Gonzaga, Holy Cross, Good Counsel

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be immediate action.
It is not happening. What will it take? Maybe all the parents pulling the kids out?

Please read what you wrote.

Does it make sense from a logistical standpoint?

Maybe you can afford private school, but MOST MoCo parents, even in the W school zones can not.

Full disclosure: I teach for MCPS in a non-affected school. My neighborhood school IS affected. My DC goes to private.

Anonymous wrote:

From the Radon Information Ctr http://www.radon.com/radon/radon_facts.html

The "Radon Information Center" is a website associated with the company whose name is Air Chek, Inc. You'll never guess what Air Chek, Inc. does for business, so I'll tell you: they sell radon test kits over the internet.

Do Cindy Crawford's high-school-aged children eat window caulk? Do your children eat window caulk? Mine don't.

Anonymous wrote:FYI
"A family whose home has radon levels of 4 pCi/l is exposed to approximately 35 times as much radiation as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would allow if that family was standing next to the fence of a radioactive waste site. (25 mrem limit, 800 mrem exposure)

An elementary school student that spends 8 hours per day and 180 days per year in a classroom with 4 pCi/l of radon will receive nearly 10 times as much radiation as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows at the edge of a nuclear power plant.(25 mrem limit, 200 mrem exposure)

Most U.S. EPA lifetime safety standards for carcinogens are established based on a 1 in 100,000 risk of death. Most scientists agree that the risk of death for radon at 4 pCi/l is approximately 1 in 100. At the 4 pCi/l EPA action guideline level, radon carries approximately 1000 times the risk of death as any other EPA carcinogen. It is important to note that the action level is not a safe level, as there are no "safe" levels of radon gas."

From the Radon Information Ctr http://www.radon.com/radon/radon_facts.html

That's interesting, because the EPA says that at 4 pCi/l, if 1,000 people who never smoked were exposed to this level over a lifetime, about 7 people could develop lung cancer. I guess that you could say that 7/1,000 is approximately 1/100, but the risk of developing lung cancer is absolutely not the same as the risk of dying from lung cancer, and I think that the "lifetime of exposure" thing is relevant too.

But if you want to trust "radon.com" over the EPA, go ahead.

FYI
"A family whose home has radon levels of 4 pCi/l is exposed to approximately 35 times as much radiation as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would allow if that family was standing next to the fence of a radioactive waste site. (25 mrem limit, 800 mrem exposure)

An elementary school student that spends 8 hours per day and 180 days per year in a classroom with 4 pCi/l of radon will receive nearly 10 times as much radiation as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows at the edge of a nuclear power plant.(25 mrem limit, 200 mrem exposure)

Most U.S. EPA lifetime safety standards for carcinogens are established based on a 1 in 100,000 risk of death. Most scientists agree that the risk of death for radon at 4 pCi/l is approximately 1 in 100. At the 4 pCi/l EPA action guideline level, radon carries approximately 1000 times the risk of death as any other EPA carcinogen. It is important to note that the action level is not a safe level, as there are no "safe" levels of radon gas."

From the Radon Information Ctr http://www.radon.com/radon/radon_facts.html

In other schools the parents DO pull the kids out.
"Cindy Crawford pulls her kids out of Malibu school over health, safety concerns after chemicals found
The supermodel and other parents decided to take their children out of at least two high schools in the California city after testing found high levels of toxic chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCb."


The sad thing is Ill bet that MCPS has this in the caulk in the wondows of the older school. Bet they re not checking. The thing is you have no "doovers" with your kids. Once they rack up toxic exposures, thats it, you are adding to their toxic lifetime load and at a point the body gets sick, maybe not now. for some maybe never--- but we do not know who will get sick and who not and we will never know the exact cause. but it makes no senseto allow this when a simple remediation costs 500 dollars a classroom. Maybe the parents can chip in and solve this.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cindy-crawford-pulls-children-malibu-high-school-pcbs-found-article-1.1909057

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be immediate action.
It is not happening. What will it take? Maybe all the parents pulling the kids out?

It actually is happening.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/maintenance/default.aspx?id=458858

I'm not keeping my kids out of school over this, but you are free to make your own choice.

[quote=Anonymous]First and foremost, let's stop the blame game for now and help the children and teachers.

Then we can focus on what / who is to blame (bowser, leg get, or Starr)

Not just blame but fix the process iif possible in the MCPS environment

Common sense, ya?
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I'm pretty sure that it's not Muriel Bowser's fault.