Sascha Wil­son

Par­ents of Stan­dard Three stu­dents at­tend­ing the La Brea An­gli­can School took their chil­dren back home this morn­ing due to un­healthy con­di­tions in their class­room. Cindy Trim ex­plained that they the build­ing is moldy. She said the area where the chil­dren is be­ing housed was re­cent­ly paint­ed and they were told to bring the chil­dren to school this morn­ing.

How­ev­er, she said the paint still need­ed air­ing out and they were told to re­turn with their chil­dren to­mor­row. 

But, Trim said there is bare­ly any fur­ni­ture in the class­room and as they were leav­ing they got an aw­ful scent in the area of the class­room.   

Trim com­plained, "In com­ing out the space there was a pun­gent scent like a cesspit scent or a pig-sty scent, you don't know what is it is but clear­ly it is not fea­si­ble for my child or any­body else child in that par­tic­u­lar class to be housed in that area so we ask­ing for some as­sis­tance from the An­gli­can Board, from those in au­thor­i­ty if they could come and help us."  

She in­tends to speak with the prin­ci­pal but she will not be send­ing her child to school un­til the is­sues are ad­dressed. Trim said the prin­ci­pal is try­ing his best.

"But as I said com­ing out of the space there is a very pun­gent scent. Chil­dren with asth­ma and res­pi­ra­to­ry dis­eases can­not be in that said space so we de­cid­ed to take our chil­dren back home. So for the few par­ents who bought out our chil­dren we are now tak­ing our chil­dren back home be­cause the area is not suit­able, it is not equipped there is no bench­es, desks or chairs any­thing and the scent is not fea­si­ble for hous­ing chil­dren in that area. A lot of chil­dren will end up with res­pi­ra­to­ry dis­eases or res­pi­ra­to­ry ill­ness on top of a pan­dem­ic, on top of wear­ing masks be­cause of the con­di­tion." 

She sug­gest­ed that the Stan­dard Three chil­dren con­tin­ue on­line class­es or that they move to a com­mu­ni­ty cen­tre un­til the is­sues are sort­ed out.