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Some students at Northport Middle School had to be relocated in recent weeks due to an “indoor air quality issue,” the district announced last month. An outside environmental firm concluded this week that the issue was due to high mercury levels that made certain students and teachers feel sick the past few years.
The new tests led to the temporary closure of three classrooms for sixth and seventh graders as they continue to test and evaluate the situation at the middle school.
When the issue first came up, Schools Superintendent Robert Banzer issued a statement saying, “when district personnel learns of a potential indoor air quality issue, we follow certain procedures to help us determine what might be the cause of the issue in a building that is 65 years old. Those protocols include a progression that starts with the building team and district personnel inspecting the classroom looking for the potential cause.
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