Asbestos air sampling plan for NYC schools and Ground Zero

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

L>«-O“'-2002 16S01 NYC D.E.P. PUBLIC AFFAIRS P.04/04

Although the Board of Education had been plaivung on removing the carpet Sorn the audi:oriam

prior IO lliese findings, no such replacement was planned for the audiioriunrs upholstered seats or curtains.

Concerned Stuyt csanr Parents ss now demanding a complete asbestos abatement for the auditorium.

Addjtionail;,. i,SP is asking that other ureas of the building that contain carpets or cunains be tested and an

abatement performed if uecess8r>-.

Concerned Stup esant Parents is especially troubled that the presence of asbestos has been

detected only after the completion of the school year. Before classes resamed m foe building on October

parents fiad been assured by the Board of Education that the building had been thoroughly cleaned.

Only idler did parents learn that the ventilation ducts had never been cleaned. Later still was ’.he reve Idtion

that the classroom ve.ntilaiors had also never been cleaned.

Then came the finding that die vennlation systems were heavily contaminated with lead .And

now, only because parents mdepeadently paid for the tests, has asbvstos been found .Along the way, the

fare!as' .Assn, retained a lawyer cn abono basis - Stuyvesant alumnus Richard Ben Veinste, now of

Mayer. Brown. Row db Maw in Washington, D.C. - and was preparing to sue the Board of Education

before a acquiesced and agreed to clean the school over foe summer

For these reasans, Concerned Stuy vesant Parents is also derruinding that upon completion of all

scheduled work, an independent contractor petfom; a complete suite of environmental tests on the school to

assure the entire Swyvesant Community that the building is safe.

Concerned Siuyvesani Parents is an independent group of parents that have joined together ;o

work on academic, euviroamsatsl and other issues that are of concern to the entire Stujvesant High School

community.

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