Regarding the recent story about Cedarhurst Elementary School, it is inaccurate to say health investigators found no mold at Cedarhurst. Experts testified that the clean up before testing, methods of testing the district allowed, and the time frame made such a statement unscientific. An old building with a history of serious mold problems should never have been allowed to continue leaking.

Also, the article reports the librarian "resigned," which is technically not true: she became disabled.

The story makes no mention of the other staff members who left because of illnesses, the children whose parents requested transfers because of chronic respiratory problems that improved while away from the building, or the expensive court case the Highline superintendent pursued against the librarian's L&I award.

Minimizing the details of that story leads the public to believe the school was proven to be safe, which was not the case.

Despite the efforts of school administrators to downplay the risk, mold-infected schools such as Cedarhurst pose a grave threat to the safety and health of students and educators alike. Mold, dust mites, fiberglass, and pesticide residues can make people very ill if schools aren't kept clean and dry.

Gary Arthur

Renton