‘The Building Was Sick’: PCBs Pose an Environmental Crisis for Schools
Source: https://www.edweek.org/, October 27, 2022
By: Mark Lieberman
In late August 2020, Beth Fialko-Casey pulled into the parking lot at Burlington High School in Vermont for her first day back to in-person teaching since the pandemic began.
But as the English teacher and president of the local teachers’ union stepped out of her car, she confronted an unfamiliar sight: The six brown buildings that make up the campus were covered in caution tape. Hazmat signs dotted the ground. Read more.