Asbury's Bangs Avenue school closed due to asbestos
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/7/07
BY NANCY SHIELDS
COASTAL MONMOUTH REPORTER
ASBURY PARK School officials closed the 450-pupil Bangs Avenue
Elementary School at the close of school today after a consultant's
report stated a material that fell from a third-grade classroom
ceiling last week contained asbestos.
School Board Attorney Alan J. Schnirman said the children and about 90
staff members will have the day off Friday while Ahera Consultants of
Oceanville do a further investigation of the entire building to see if
there are other beams coated with asbestos as was the case in Room 320.
Schnirman said the coated beam was above a dropped ceiling that had
been installed at some unknown time. He said he received the report
today and believed it came into the district on Wednesday.
"What happened was that something fell from the ceiling last week, and
as a precaution, that piece was sent out to be examined,'' Schnirman said.
"We spoke to the county superintendent, and first we were trying to
see if there were other buildings to transfer the staff and students
to,'' he said. "The answer at the moment was no.''
He said that results from Friday's inspection may not be available
until Monday or Tuesday, so everything is up in the air as to whether
the students will return to Bangs Avenue at some point next week
because the contaminated area is contained, or if school will be over
for the year.
Schnirman said principals and vice principals will be on the school
property Friday morning when parents bring children to school, but are
trying to get the word out today.
The Bangs Avenue School dates back to 1912 and was to be replaced with
a new school building until the State Construction Corp. ran out of
money and the Bangs Avenue project was put on hold.
A district-wide science fair scheduled to be held at the Bangs Avenue
gymnasium this evening was switched to the middle school cafeteria.
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