- File: Don Whipple
- A hallway in Wing B of North Country Union High School during PCB testing
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The tents can be used until the snow flies. The gymnasium, which does not have PCB contamination, will also be partitioned into four classrooms. Physical education classes will happen outside or in a large storage area where tractors are usually kept.
- File: Don Whipple
- Principal Chris Young and superintendent Elaine Collins
If that testing doesn't show better results, the school will have to bring in modular classrooms for the colder months, which state officials are helping them secure. The school will be reimbursed for the expenses from a dwindling pot of state funds.
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Last week, Vermont Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore told Seven Days that she was optimistic that lower PCB test results from North Country Union High School's career-center wing suggested the remediation was working. Young said state officials have expressed disappointment with the latest results. Still, they're not the ones who have to manage the day-to-day logistics of starting school with dozens of unusable classrooms.
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Extensive mold contamination at Milton Elementary School is forcing that pre-K through 4 school to delay classes for a week, until September 3, while they finalize a relocation plan that "may include using the gymnasiums, mobile classrooms or enclosed tents," according to a district press release.
Kevin McCallum contributed reporting.
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