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FOR THE SECOND TIME, MOLD
AT ANOTHER CHESAPEAKE
SCHOOL.
TONIGHT, WE'RE ON YOUR
SIDE FIGHTING TO GET
ANSWERS AFTER
ADMINISTRATORS WEREN'T
FORTHCOMING WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT
MOLD PROBLEMS AT HICKORY
HIGH SCHOOL.
IT TOOK A LOT OF DIGGING
AND A LOT OF PRODDING
FROM OUR ANDY FOX TO
ALERT YOU OF THE PROBLEM.
ANDY, WHAT DID YOU FIND?
WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON
MOLD AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL,
AND WE
HEARD ABOUT MOLD AT
ANOTHER SCHOOL.
SO I ASKED OFFICIALS WITH
CHESAPEAKE SCHOOLS ABOUT
THE
MOLD AT HICKORY HIGH
SCHOOL. WHEN I FOUND OUT
I WASN'T TOLD THE
TRUTH, I WENT LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS.
OUR QUEST TO FIND THE
TRUTH ABOUT MOLD IN
CHESAPEAKE SCHOOLS CAME
AFTER
LANDON MILLER SPENT THREE
DAYS AT CHKD.
HIS DOCTOR SAYS HIS
SEVERE BREATHING PROBLEMS
MAY HAVE
COME FROM MOLD IN
CLASSROOM 18 AT GREAT
BRIDGE PRIMARY
WE WENT TO THE CHESAPEAKE
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE (64 35:43)
((TOM...HEY NO I WANT TO
KNOW)) RUNS: 04 BECAUSE
IN A MEETING YESTERDAY
PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER TOM CUPITT
DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MOLD
AT HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL
WHEN
ASKED ABOUT IT. (64
36;30)
((WE SAID NOTHING. TOM
THIS IS ABOUT TRUTH . IT
IS ABOUT TRUTH. I ASKED
YOU
YESTERDAY I ASKED YOU
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL
NO WHEN YOU ASKED THAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT WHERE
MCKEE WAS DOING OTHER
SERVICES.)) RUNS: 19
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
MOLD, AND CUPITT AND
ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT FOR
OPERATIONS STEVEN GILBERT
DENIED IT.
(39:02) ((LIKE YOU ARE
ANGRY ABOUT
SOMETHING WE DID NOT
RESPOND BECAUSE THAT WAS
NOT THE QUESTION
ASKED TO US.)) RUNS: 09
THE QUESTION ASKED TO
THEM WAS IS THERE MOLD AT
HICKORY HIGH
SCHOOL? (64 38:20) ((BUT
YOU KNOW I ASKED ABOUT
HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL. I
SAID THE
SCHOOL NAME. BUT YOU SAID
I HEAR YOU HAVE MOLD AT
OTHER
PLACES HICKORY HIGH
SCHOOL.)) RUNS: 08
EXACTLY I SAID HICKORY
AND THEY DID NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE THE
TRUTH. (38:00 64)
((HERE'S THE PROBLEM IT
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING
TO COVER
SOMETHING UP AND ITS NOT
NECESSARY TO COVER UP.
I KNOW YOU RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT. WE ARE NOT TRYING
TO COVER ANYTHING
UP)) RUNS: 06
THESE ISSUES ARE
IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PUBLIC
HEALTH CONCERNS IN
SCHOOLS. (37:24 64)
((TOM WE ARE IN THE SAME
ROOM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MOLD WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MOLD WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT
THE SAFETY OF TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS ARE SAFE
FROM MOLD))
RUNS;10 STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS ARE
EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE MOLD AT HICKORY.
(24;38) ((DO YOU SMELL
ANYTHING? YEA THE
ENGLISH CLASSROOM SMELL
PRETTY BAD I AM NOT GOING
TO LIE.
WHAT DOES IT SMELL LIKE .
BITTER. SULFURIC ALMOST))
RUNS;10 IT TOOK 24 HOURS
FOR CUPITT AND THE
CHESAPEAKE SCHOOLS SYSTEM
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE
HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL MOLD
PROBLEM, THE CLEANUP, AND
THE
COMPLETION. (40;21)
((HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW.
IT WILL NOW WHEN I TOLD
YOU THANK WHY DID YOU NOT
IN THE END THE MOLD
PROBLEM IN HICKORY HIGH
SCHOOL WAS
CAUSED BY A BAD AC SYSTEM
THAT WAS TAKEN OUT DURING
THE SUMMER.
WHEN THAT HAPPENED THERE
WAS HUGE AMOUNTS OF
HUMIDITY THAT
CREATED THE MOLD. IT
SHOULD BE GONE BY
TOMORROW.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP. ANDY
FOX 10 ON YOUR SIDE.
WE'VE PUT ANDY'S FULL
INTERVIEW WITH PUBLIC
INFORMATION
OFFICER TOM CUPITT ON OUR
WEBSITE, WAVY -DOT-COM.
YOU'LL FIND THE VIDEO
ATTACHED WITH THIS STORY.