School reopens after mold remediation
CHICAGO — Two weeks after it was closed for water damage and mold remediation, Hinsdale Middle School reopened, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Reports from , an environmental consulting service, who took samplings for mold on January 31, and February 1 and 3, indicated the school was safe for occupancy, the article stated.
According to the article, the mold in the school was a result of a pipe burst during a cold snap in early January.
Superintendent Renee Schuster noted that a small number of rooms and areas were noted by Integrity as having "rare" or "low" concentrations of two types of mold and one area showed a "moderate" level of a third type of mold, the article noted.
Schuster indicated that those areas were immediately cleaned again by SERVPRO, the cleaning contractor, and then re-tested by Integrity, the article added.
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