Bad Mojo.

People talk. We hear things. And we try to get the real scoop. Sometimes that is not easy to do.

What we hear today is that Nicor has been testing schools in district 64 for PCB contamination. We also hear they've found some and it will have to be cleaned up, and that district 64 has been notified of the problem.

We checked the district 64 website for an alert and found this - alerts - PCB sampling update 9/7/07.pdf That alert is not what we heard about.

We understand the desire for the quiet approach because who needs a bunch of hysterical panicky parents calling the district and demanding answers. But, we do feel the entire community should be alerted as to whether or not all schools have been tested, what the criteria for testing was, and what the results have been. We feel this may be of particular interest to Field and Carpenter school parents, as we heard it.

Keeping the entire community fully informed would seem to be a natural function for an organization said to be involved in the business of education.
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Thanks for the update: 9/10/07 Letter - Carpenter School.pdf