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Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!
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Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

My school has exposed asbestos in the building and mold behind some of the AC units. I would like to make my and my fellow students environment safer, but if I complain me, my sister, and my dad who works there will probably be kicked out. What should I do?

I should note that this is a Catholic Private High School with a very corrupt administration. When one of their elementary schools needed a new roof because, of you guessed it, asbestos, they didn't lift a damned finger. The community pulled together and was able to fund a new roof, thankfully.

To really prove the corruptness, our superintendent spite-fired our old principal because they both applied for that spot, but he got it. None of the other staff in the building were informed until the day of. The best part was that the administration burned bridges with the people who had money and influence in our area with that move.

TL;DR-Exposed asbestos, corrupt administration, please help

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Wear a mask at school, encouraging your friends to do so as well? Lookright
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RE: Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

(01-24-2017 03:27 AM)Jop Wrote:  Wear a mask at school, encouraging your friends to do so as well? Lookright

It would be against dress-code and I would be flayed alive. I will keep this in consideration however. Thanks!

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01-24-2017 05:22 AM
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RE: Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

Leave school.

If for some reason that can't happen... shit.

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RE: Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

Make an anonymous complaint to your local mayor and superintendent and send an anonymous tip to the local media.

If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.


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(01-24-2017 09:09 AM)TheCancer Wrote:  Make an anonymous complaint to your local mayor and superintendent and send an anonymous tip to the local media.

Yes, trust TheCancer

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I agree with TheCancer, that would be the best option. If that doesn't work, change schools, public school really isn't that bad no matter what you've heard. In my experience anyway, I guess it depends.

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(01-24-2017 09:09 AM)TheCancer Wrote:  Make an anonymous complaint to your local mayor and superintendent and send an anonymous tip to the local media.

Superintendent is corrupt as fuck. I have listened to my dad on her and based on that profile she won't do a damned thing. I'll go with the other two I think..

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Quick Update! I sent in my tip to the local news, but I had to use my junk email so I fear it won't be taken seriously. I want to genuinely thank you all for the help you guys have given me. It means a lot!

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RE: Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

(01-24-2017 11:03 AM)Sadly_Not Wrote:  Quick Update! I sent in my tip to the local news, but I had to use my junk email so I fear it won't be taken seriously. I want to genuinely thank you all for the help you guys have given me. It means a lot!

If it doesn't work, send it again and try to emphasize the importance of publicizing this, as well as how children in danger and negligent adults causing said danger makes people angry, and anger gets ratings

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RE: Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

Also you can anonymously alert the members of your local school board. Someone might make it a pet cause. Another route is your local city council.

If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.


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RE: Unsafe Learning Environment, Please Help!

(01-24-2017 09:31 PM)TheCancer Wrote:  Also you can anonymously alert the members of your local school board. Someone might make it a pet cause. Another route is your local city council.

The school board of trustees was dissolved and I'm pretty sure my school is outside my local school boards legislation. Now that I think about it...the area my school would fall under would probably be district 150, which is incompetent as high hell. I'll keep this mind though, thanks.

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