"12 months worth of disinfectant" used to clean health scare school
Pupils have returned to a primary school at the centre of a carbon monoxide scare after staff deep-cleaned it this morning.
Although some parents decided to keep their children at home, others have brought pupils in to The Manor School in Coalpit Heath, which is open as normal today.
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Headteacher Hilary Eade speaks to the media outside the school 1
The school was evacuated yesterday after a total of 34 pupils were taken ill, including feeling faint, nauseous or having headaches.
One child was sent home after fainting and when a second fainted an ambulance was called.
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Eight pupils were sent home and a further 26 were looked over by paramedics at the school.
As the numbers taken ill rose, emergency services started to investigate the possibility of a chemical spill or carbon monoxide leak.
Head teacher Hilary Eade said today that they were now "100 per cent sure" it was not carbon monoxide poisoning, and the school's boilers had been given a "clean bill of health".
It now seems likely a virus could have caused the children to fall ill.
Ms Eade said: "This morning cleaning staff have been in since 5am doing a thorough deep-clean. We have used about a 12 month supply of disinfectant in three hours."
She said that although the school was open as normal, parents had been advised not to bring in their children if they were feeling unwell.
Comments
by malky1935
Wednesday, July 11 2012, 5:50AM
“I wonder if there is a clue in the name, Coalpit Heath Primary School? The school is built directly above the old mine workings. During construction of the school a JCB sank into an unmapped shaft (it featured in the local news media at the time, mention is sure to have been made in the Evening Post). I wonder, if there was a gas leak, whether it had been building up in the shaft, quickly dissipated leaving no trace of the source?”
by Lone_Ranger
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 2:04PM
“Sorry, meant "CO" not "CO2".”
by Bristol135
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 12:39PM
“Wow, the smell of that disinfectant is sure to give the kids a headache. Bravo.”
by Lone_Ranger
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 12:36PM
“"Pupils have returned to a primary school at the centre of a carbon monoxide scare..."
"Head teacher Hilary Eade said today that they were "100 per cent sure" it was not carbon monoxide poisoning..."
No CO2 "scare", then.”