Some administrators returned to the building this week after a temporary closure, though staff worked remotely Tuesday and Wednesday. An off-site work day had already been planned for Thursday.
Philly schools are ramping up asbestos work but are three years away from meeting federal requirementsMonique Braxton, district spokesperson, said the building was on-track for students to return on Tuesday, though some areas of the school will be off-limits as abatement work continues.
“The first floor is ready for occupancy,” Braxton said. “The second floor main office has been restored, and barriers are in place as active abatement continues in the gymnasium and girl’s bathroom on the second floor. Active abatement continues in third-floor classrooms that will not impact school opening.”
Though air quality samples taken in the early August inspection showed the building was acceptable for occupancy, the district opted to close the school for two weeks to gather more data, Flemming wrote. King’s building had a “large-scale abatement of asbestos-containing fireproofing” in the 1980s, but some residual fireproofing remained. When the building was closed, district staff worked to get a more accurate picture of exactly where the fireproofing was located and its condition.
“Through comprehensive sampling, we now know that only 37 out of the over 500 spaces above ceiling tiles in MLK have asbestos-containing fireproofing,” Flemming wrote.“We know this work will cause minor disruptions,” Principal Keisha Q. Wilkins wrote in a letter to staff this week, “but it is essential for maintaining safe and healthy school environments. Consistent with past efforts, any/all related abatement and construction will be completed after school hours starting at 3 p.m.
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