RICHMOND, Va. — When a chiller at Barack Obama Elementary School broke down in May, school officials said it caused conditions that resulted in mold growth over the summer. The mold was so severe that it delayed the start of school in August by 9 days.
A CBS 6 investigation has now found no documentation that Richmond Public Schools (RPS) performed the required preventative maintenance, as detailed in a product manual, on the equipment in the years before it malfunctioned.
Lack of preventative maintenance plans
The school closure left some parents frustrated and wondering whether it could have been prevented.
“Their education does not deserve to be delayed because you didn’t take the school as a priority,” one parent previously said…