Osborn Hill School Set to Open on Schedule Thursday

is set to open for Thursday, Aug. 30 - the first day of school in Fairfield.

In a memo released Friday, Superintendent of Schools Dr. David G. Title and Osborn Hill Principal Frank Arnone stated that all but two classrooms to be occupied by students and staff are now within the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) guidelines for .

The district awaits additional testing results for two kindergarten classrooms, which will be relocated until those results are received. (Mrs. Minio's class [Room 107] will report to Room 123 and Ms. Ghazian's class [Room 108] will start the year in Room 122, the art room).

Some common area -- including the Library Media Center and the main hallway boys' and girl's bathrooms -- are still undergoing cleaning and may still be secured from students and staff come Thursday.  

As has been discussed in previous memos and the informational session held Aug. 15, the gymnasium must undergo further remediation and will not be reopened for some time. The district expects to have a temporary gym on-site by the end of September; for now, gym classes will be held outdoors or in the all-purpose room during inclement weather.

Staff members and teachers are scheduled to begin setting up classrooms today. School officials ask that parents and students refrain from visiting and the memo states that there will be no kindergarten visitation day before Thursday.

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