[CPEO-BIF] Bronx school parents still upset

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Walcott to meet with angry PS 51 parents about dangerous toxins  
discovered in school

BY Corinne Lestch

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
October 14, 2011

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has vowed to meet with parents from  
toxic Public School 51 to address their concerns after a public forum  
he chaired Wednesday night turned contentious and emotional over the  
long-simmering issue.

It's been nine months since the Department of Education discovered  
high levels of trichloroethylene poisoning PS 51, The Bronx New School.

But parents only found out about the presence of the dangerous toxin  
in August.

"The DOE's decision to keep the Bronx New School open and to allow  
our children to stew in toxic levels of TCE for five to six months  
borders on the criminal," said Alan Gary.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/ 
2011/10/14/2011-10-14_tces_tainted_abcs_walcott_to_meet_ps_51_parents.ht 
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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