Letter to David Klasfeld
Board of Education - December 4, 2001
December 3, 2001
Mr. David Klasfeld
Deputy Chancellor
Board of Education of City of N.Y.
110 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
By Fax: (718) 935-3463
Dear David:
As you know, the upgrading of the HVAC system at Stuyvesant to enable the utilization of HEPA and activated charcoal VOC filtration is absolutely critical to the health of the students and staff.
We appreciate your retaining the engineering firm of Burns & Roe to address our school's HVAC filtration problem, and we would like to hear from you as to the status of their work.
I was present, along with Howard Bader and Claire Barnett of Healthy Schools Network, Inc., at the first visit of the representatives of Burns & Roe to Stuyvesant three weeks ago, on November 15. At that meeting, Bernard Orlan gave very clear instructions to Burns & Roe that the objective is to retrofit Stuyvesant's HVAC system in order to install HEPA and charcoal filters.
We understand that on November 26, Robert Cascone of Burns & Roe informed Howard Bader that Burns & Roe had sent a written proposal to the Board of Education with their immediate recommendations on the installation of non-HEPA filters on the 300 unit ventilators as an interim step. Mr. Cascone also told Howard Bader that they expected to have a proposal as to the permanent solution of retrofitting the HVAC systems (for HEPA and charcoal filters) on or about December 3.
We also understand that the 4-ply ring filters for the 300-unit ventilators (for the interim solution) were received by the school's custodian on November 26, but that they still have not been installed pending implementation of Burns & Roe's interim recommendations. David, our children returned to Stuyvesant two months ago and still higher-efficiency filters have not been installed in the unit ventilators.
In light of the communication from Mr. Cascone, we would like to arrange for a meeting between representatives of the Board of Education, Burns & Roe, Howard Bader, and the PA Health & Safety Committee as soon as possible this week. We would also appreciate receiving Burns & Roe's written recommendations in advance of the meeting.
Also, please let us know who is replacing Bernard Orlan during his sick leave. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Marilena Christodoulou
PA President
cc: Howard Bader
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