Spanish teacher Kayla Dauria talks with students in her classroom for a study hall at Lumberton Middle School Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Students returned to their school Tuesday after mold remediation.Lumberton school district students who shifted to remote learning after mold was found in some classrooms returned to in-person learning Tuesday.
The South Jersey school system moved students from Bobby’s Run School to another building and sent some students from Lumberton Middle School home to learn virtually after mold was found in both schools on Sept. 20.LumbertonMurray said an unseasonably warm spell in September caused the mold, identified as Aspergillus Penicillium. Teachers and custodians are permitted to adjust the air-conditioning settings, and that may have contributed to unstable moisture, she said.
“Our state-approved assessment professionals have assured me that ours is not a systemic mold issue, but rather a temporary problem as a result of the humidity,” Murray wrote in a letter to parents announcing the return to school.Aspergillus Penicillium are fungi that generally aren’t harmful to people with a healthy immune system.
There are still six classrooms and four non-instructional areas still to be remediated. Students will not return to those areas until the rooms are cleared, Murray said. Additional testing will be conducted throughout the complex later this week after the affected rooms have been remediated, she said.Murray said the district plans to clean its air filters every two months, instead of the current practice of every three.
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