Three more schools are being closed this week after identifying properties this week after identifying the “important lead risks” of the city health staff staff.
Three schools – early childhood, Farnwood Montessori and Laflat School – will all be temporarily closed on Monday.
The closure took place when four other public schools in Malwaki have been investigated in the past few weeks. One of these schools, the Trub Bridge Street School of Great Lexus Studies, was closed two weeks ago by the “unsafe lead dust level” by the Department of Health.
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In a letter to the families of the affected schools on Thursday, no lead poisoning children have been identified in any school since Monday.
The letter states, “The temporary closure is very careful and to ensure that MPS facilities teams have a place to safely resolve the lead risks in the school.”
The closure is conducting a visual inspection this week in the District of Malwaki Public Schools this week after a visual examination in three schools and seven others in Milwaukeeki public schools this week.
Storms early childhood is a kindergarten through a third -grade school on the north side of the city. Students and staff will move to the nearest stars Discovery Learning Center.
Fernwood is kindergarten through an eighth grade school in the Bay View neighborhood in Montessori city. Students and staff will move to Andrew S. Douglas Middle School, nine miles away.
Laflate School is kindergarten by eight grade school north of the city. Students and staff will move to the Wisconsin Conservatives for a lifetime learning, three miles away.
The Department of Milwauki Health is hosting one Free Led toxic screening clinic For schoolchildren on Saturday, four MPs who have a dangerous level of superiority in schools who have already inspected for the lead.
Thursday’s letter The family said that the screening is now open to the children who study in the three schools on Monday.
The letter states that “families are encouraged to affect MPS students and have been tested for the lead display by their basic care provider to children under the age of 6.”
Troy Bridge Street School of Great Lexus reopened for students and staff on Friday.
The district has 85 schools that were built before 1978, when lead -based paint was banned. Lead dust is often formed as lead paint chips and wears down American centers to control and prevent diseases.
Editors Note: This story will be updated.
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