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Montco HS Reopens After Moisture, Mold Forced Closure
After a week long closure due to excessive moisture and mold, a local high school has said its safe to come back.
RED HILL, PA — A Montgomery County high school officially reopened on Monday after shutting down for a week due to issues with excessive moisture and mold.
Upper Perkiomen High School passed the necessary air quality testing to open its doors again on Monday. The high school was on a two hour delay Monday so that teachers could prepare their classrooms.
Mold was first noticed in the school over the summer. District officials said that extreme heat and humidity in recent days has drastically worsened the problem.
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The district hopes that changes to the HVAC system will help remedy the issue in the long term.
The building will be closed during the after school hours in the coming weeks as further remediation efforts continue.
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Four makeup days have already been identified, and a fifth was already built into the calendar. They include Nov. 6 (Election Day), Nov. 19 and 20 (parent-teacher conference days which will be rescheduled), and January 21 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
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