Not exact matches
Kimbrell's niche emerged in the early 1980s with legislation that required
schools to identify and control
on - site
asbestos.
Recently the Union has campaigned
on the dangers to teachers and pupils caused by excessive temperatures in
schools and continues to highlight the deadly legacy of
asbestos in
school buildings.
Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving
school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman
on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle
school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal
asbestos handling and
asbestos removal at an elementary
school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted
on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle
Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.
In 2012, the All Party Parliamentary Group
on Occupational Health and Safety called for the phased removal of all dangerous forms of
asbestos from public buildings, including
schools, this to be completed by 2028.
It followed two
schools in his constituency, Calder High and Todmorden High, both missing out
on funding under phase two if the Priority
School Building Programme earlier this year — despite problems with gas leaks, sewer collapses and
asbestos.
This would have identified the location of the unknown
asbestos insulation board and prevented contractors from being exposed to the harmful substance along with all of the knock -
on effects
on the
school and pupils.
A coalition of Texas public - interest groups, education organizations, and unions this month called
on the Reagan Administration to order the Environmental Protection Agency to play a more active role in the removal of
asbestos from
school buildings.
A report published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in 2010
on system - built
schools highlighted that significant numbers of
schools are not managing their
asbestos effectively.
But officials from the NUT say
asbestos should be taken out of all
schools to be
on the safe side.
Not fit for purpose A study by the Royal Institute of British Architects shows that damp classrooms and
school buildings full of
asbestos results in pupils who are struggling to learn effectively and impacting
on the health of both students and teachers.
Parents, teachers and support staff should be annually updated
on the presence of
asbestos in their
schools and the measures that are being taken to manage it.
Data should be collected centrally
on the extent, type and condition of
asbestos in
schools and this becomes an integral part of the data collection of the condition of the nation's
schools.
Washington — Negotiations that could lead to stricter federal controls
on asbestos in
school buildings are scheduled to begin this week, as the Environmental Protection Agency and a union representing
school - maintenance employees attempt to settle a lawsuit over the issue.
Craig Evans, General Manager of UKATA, said: «UKATA has been campaigning
on the issue of
asbestos in
schools and public buildings generally for some time now.
On the Record An asbestos survey should exist for all school sites and a copy must be on the premises, together with an asbestos management pla
On the Record An
asbestos survey should exist for all
school sites and a copy must be
on the premises, together with an asbestos management pla
on the premises, together with an
asbestos management plan.
The
school was initially closed, but the head teacher came under pressure to reopen from the city council, despite the continued presence of
asbestos removal specialists
on site.
After publishing its latest report, Jim Sheridan, chairman of an all - party group
on Occupational Safety and Health, calls the state of
asbestos in
schools a «national scandal»
The best defence against such a threat is to ensure that any and all people who may be tasked
on working
on the fabric of the
school building have the appropriate
asbestos training.
The duty holder will have a key role in briefing tradesmen and contractors who arrive
on the
school premises to carry out any kind of work and it is vital they are competent to do so and have the knowledge to recognise when tradesmen have the necessary qualifications and are not being sent to do a task unaware of any potential
asbestos risk.
Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency, by failing to place a high priority
on the problem of
asbestos in
schools, is to blame for the low level of public awareness of the hazards of the substance and the consequent failure of many local
school officials to act promptly upon identifying problems, an agency management team has concluded.
The National Union of Teachers commented
on the investment at the time saying that the money proposed for
school refurbishment will be welcome «providing it is actually new money and will be spent
on ensuring that
schools are fit for purpose and safe from dangers of
asbestos».
Commenting
on the findings, Rachel Reeves MP, chair of the
Asbestos in
Schools Group said: «The government's failure to get a grip of this issue is putting children and teaching staff at needless risk.
The group's report recommends that top epa officials deliver a strong public message
on the importance of inspecting for and controlling
asbestos in the
schools.
On the basis of a sample of 1,800 public -
school districts and 800 private
schools, the survey estimated that some 1.4 million
school employees and 15 million students, or 34 percent of all students nationwide, spend their days in
schools that contain friable
asbestos.
According to Representative James J. Florio, Democrat of New Jersey and chairman of the House Subcommittee
on Transportation and Tourism, the reports by inspectors general in three of epa's regional offices represent «a devastating indictment» of the six - year - old «
Asbestos in
Schools» program.
Whitehaven Academy, the troubled Cumbrian
school at the centre of a row over the state of its buildings, is closed today after
asbestos was disturbed
on its site...
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