Mold at Samuel Chase Elementary Was Found in January 2015 and Parents Informed in September 2015

Internal documents show mold was found in Samuel Chase Elementary classrooms in January 2015 and nothing was done for weeks! Children remained in the classrooms and got sick from this mold exposure. Parents were not notified until September 2015! 

January 4, 2015- First request to clean the mold.


Then January 22 2015 an  email is sent stating "the urgency of the matter"


Then February 9th- more than a month later PGCPS is asked when it will be fixed.



Then a February 24, 2015 email states the problem HAS STILL NOT BEEN RESOLVED.


Then a news story was done showing that a parent had been given information about mold that was removed. Read it here. at




Read the Emails in Full HERE 


This culminated in another  news story in SEPTEMBER 2015 when MORE kids got sick. 
Parents were not informed until September 2015 about the mold that was found in January!!

Read the WJLA News Report here