Park Elementary School in Munhall, Pennsylvania may begin the much anticipated removal of asbestos materials in the school as early as today. Asbestos was found at the school during a roofing project being done on the school by Phoenix Roofing back in April.
Contractors were supposed to have the project at Park completed by August in time for the start of the new school year but things did not go as planned.
The students attending Park Elementary were welcomed by those at Barrett Elementary where they will be attending classes until completion of the asbestos abatement. It was hoped that the work would be started by Monday but officials were unaware of the requirement to obtain three individual quotes for services. Mark Cherpak, director of operational services, hoped to have the mandatory three quotes for the abatement as of yesterday.
According to officials the removal process should take approximately 12 days once work begins. Contractors state that they are willing to work through the weekends in order to get the job done but state that work will have to be halted in the event of rain.
Until removal is complete Park students will be attending Barrett, each group of students splitting the school days.
