Specialist To Assess Edgewater Elementary

Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) informed parents Tuesday that their children’s school will receive the attention of Building Dynamics, an industrial hygiene and mechanical engineering consultant.

In last Thursday’s Board of Education , more than 50 parents and faculty expressed their concerns about the .

In a message left by AACPS spokesman Bob Mosier on parents's phones, Mosier said Building Dynamics specializes in “indoor environmental quality” and will conduct a review of the school’s facility Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The company’s president, Ed Light, will review the building’s maintenance history, look at classrooms, evaluate crawl spaces and make recommendations, according to Mosier’s message.

Mosier also recommended that parents “drop by the school” during Light’s time at Edgewater Elementary to express their concerns about the environment throughout the building.

Parents say symptoms students suffer are directly linked to the schools “unhealthy conditions,” according to PTA President Jenny Corkhill.

Their concerns are so severe that some parents are threatening to  from Edgewater Elementary if upgrades and air-quality tests aren’t conducted.

County Councilman Jerry Walker (District 7) told The Capital he plans to “allocate funding” for renovations and upgrades at the school.

According to a recent article on CNN, parents throughout the country are fearful schools are harming their children due to air-quality issues. 

“A national survey of school nurses found that 40 [percent] knew children and staff adversely affected by indoor pollutants,” according to the article.

Board of Education President Patricia Nalley said she thinks some of the  and that she would send her children Edgewater Elementary School.