Source: https://www.njherald.com/, June 28, 2020
By: Eric Obernauer

After its superintendent denied for months that there was evidence of mold in the elementary school, the Montague School District now faces fines of thousands of dollars per day if health and safety violations — including microbial contamination — aren’t remedied promptly.

In an April 30 order to comply, which Superintendent Timothy Capone has yet to acknowledge publicly, state inspectors identified a roof leak that had not been repaired as the source of biologic agents causing the contamination. The state told the district it must remedy the leak and the contamination by July 17 to avoid being fined $700 per day. Read more.