In class nearly one week after a mercury spill shut down Walter Johnson junior. The biggest question is how did the mercury get in the building and it was a student how, how did the student get it . All of this is still under investigation. Were trying to put puzzle pieces together. Reporter answering questions monday morning after the hazmat scare and the School Reopening tomorrow. Do you feel comfortable opening the school not knowing where the mercury came . We are comfortable. Remediate the building. Epa has been here along with a contractor. Reporter the same parents who waited all night to be reunited with their kids are now having their homes checked by the epa. They have checked 80. By and large, most homes are safe. Reporter the priority is getting students back in class. We can verify the school is i walked the gym. The bottom line is this was a serious event. I just want to make sure that its known that the district took it seriously. We acted proactive in many instances and
School is safe. We need the kids back inroutin. We want to thank parents and First Responders the epa said wednesday the mercury levels were highest in the gym and locker rooms, with some readings 10times the safe amount. Now there will be makeup days, most likely election day, and marti glaser, 13 action news. Weve been following this story. Since it first broke. Last week. And. Weve compiled all of our coverage. Into one place for you. Just head to our website. Ktnv dot com. The fight continues over whether to use public funds to help pay for a new football stadium in las vegas to lure the raiders here from oakland. But another team would also 13 action news political analyst jon ralston is here to remind us about the Football Team thats already in las vegas. One name left out of a lot of the stadium discussions lately is. Unlv. Remember how the schools need for a solution to ancient and faraway Sam Boyd Stadium was invoked by everyone at the beginning . Not so much lately. All about
Theyre safe, because they still havent said who brought it butted with sot cover with vo from darcy pkg of officials on scene they brought everybody and from everywhere, somebody should know something track but tonight. 6 days after the first reports of a spill ccsd officials say. They still dont know who brought the mercury or when. That means its unclear how nat sot he got a cinnamon roll track mom of 7. Tiffany bleached my floors 1 million and first over the scene. Of all the bags that were checked out and cleared. sot we have got to get back in the routine of education, the campus is safe, its been checked and checked again and clean thoroughly track still. Some parents feeling distrust. stacey moser, mom how they responded, it just makes me feel like they lack knowledge,or they are hiding something tag that is something we heard from several parents. Again School Officials say the school is safe. Kids should cone back we will have live coverage of alk of this on good morning las v
The forecast for las vegas tuesday. A low over the Central Valley of california moving through nevada will produce the winds and cooler temperatures. Wind advisory goes into effect at 11am. We also have a red flag warning that goes into effect at 11am. Heavier clouds are forecast during the day. Tuesdays forecast high of 87 is 9 below mondays high. As the low moves away cooler temperatures will wednesday. Temperatures will then start to move back up thursday. The uv index for tuesday is 7 which is high. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use list here are the construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk students at will return to class this morning. The campus has been cleared of all mercury as well as eight homes in the surrounding area. Fox5s peter dawson is live outside the school with the latest developments the fiveday mercury cle
Now for the First Time Since the lockdown the superintedent of the Clark County School district is speaking publicly. Fox5s adam herbets is at johnson junior high he joins us live with the very latest. According to the superintendent, last night was the first time anyone in the district heard that the mercury could have been at this school on friday. And that means parents want to kn h world could they possibly know if their kids are clean if they werent even screened until wednesday. Obviously i mean you guys saw it. Last nights meeting was a mess. I dont think anyone left that place happy. And in addition to all these specific questions that couldnt be answered there was one question they could answer, but didnt. Where is the superintendent. Why isnt he the one here answering these question. Today he broke his silence, but it wasnt in front of a bunch of angry parents. It was just to our angry mom why do we have to watch the news . . Superintendent every parent has a right to be angr