District begins testing for radon at all schools
District begins testing for radon at all schools
The district continues its proactive approach to ensuring the safety of students and staff by testing for radon at all district schools in light of a discovery of elevated radon levels at Blue Ridge Elementary primarily in the evenings and weekends when the schools ventilation system was not in use.
The district continues its proactive approach to ensuring the safety of students and staff by testing for radon at all district schools in light of a discovery of elevated radon levels at Blue Ridge Elementary primarily in the evenings and weekends when the schools ventilation system was not in use.
This week the district began placing radon detection devices around all district schools as a precautionary measure. The devices will then be sent off to a lab for review. The results are not expected back for several weeks.
The district has scheduled radon mitigation experts to begin work at Blue Ridge in March. The goal is to have a long-range solution in place at Blue Ridge by the end of spring break in April. Additional radon monitoring will continue at Blue Ridge.
Results of the radon testing at Blue Ridge are posted on the districts website at www.wwps.org and the district continues to maintain open communication with Blue Ridge staff and parents as information becomes available.
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