Friday, March 29

High levels of radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school


“Unacceptably high” levels of radioactive waste was found at a Missouri elementary school, putting students at risk and forcing them to switch to virtual learning.

The Hazelwood School District’s board in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday announced that Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Mo., would swap to virtual classrooms. The move will allot enough time to redistrict the students to other schools following the Thanksgiving break.

The board apologized to parents for putting their children at risk and said it’s doing everything in its power to clean up hazardous material.

“To the students, staff and parents of the Jana school community, we recognize that you are being faced with a situation not created by anyone in this room, and over which you have no control,” school board president Betsy Rachel said at a packed meeting. “This is causing a disruption to our student’s education and school environment, for that we sincerely apologize.”


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