After disclosing earlier this summer that 938 classrooms had lead paint, the Department of Education announced that further inspections revealed the hazardous substance was found in another 920 classrooms, drawing concerns from one Council Member who compared the situation to the previous mishandling of lead-paint contamination at the Housing Authority.
The DOE’s initial findings were based upon a visual assessment that took place at the end of the most-recent school year of 5,408 rooms used by kindergarteners and children in the universal pre-K and 3-K program in school buildings constructed before 1985.
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