Philadelphia’s Dirty School problem
Parents and teachers say they’ve had enough of classrooms filled with mold and asbestos, bathrooms backed up with waste.
Take a look inside a Philadelphia school and you’ll be surprised by what you find — peeling lead-based paint, toys contaminated with rodent droppings, mold and mildew creeping through classroom walls. City Controller Alan Butkovitz released a series of reports this fall that say the school district for years neglected routine maintenance while the problems were still manageable.
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By: Aljazeera America
