Mauricio Marin many concerned parents have been stopping off to get clothes and shoes tested. Some are upset knowing their child could have been exposed to mercury much longer than first thought. The epa uses machines that sniff out mercury. And can detect very small traces. Theyre going from classroom to classroom checking mercury levels. Many parts of the school have been deemed saf levels of mercury are being heated so the substance can evaporate. A lot of parents we spoke with say the School District didnt communicate what was going on during the ordeal. And even grew frustrated at last nights parent meeting. Ccsd superintendent Pat Skorkowsky says it was meant to answer questions oneonone. Pat Skorkowsky ccsd superintendent the forum that we tried yesterday was recommended by the epa to allow parents to have individual questions answered instead of just being able to sit there and be frustrated about a Group Setting and not get their questions he also says district staff has been
The district investigating where the mercury came from and when. Is that concerning we dont have a time line . It is concerning but you will have to remember we are working with unknowns here. Reporter the superintendent says the big of unknown how far it spread. Kid like noah are dropping off trash bas filled with back packs, shoes and clothes for testing. I want to make sure my in my house. Reporter there are 1200 kid back pack in heated class rooms because mercury vaporizes. We take our analyzer and we put it in the bag. And just take a measurement off the vapors. Number one priority, safety and getting the school cleand and ready for kid and teachers on monday. Were confidence on monday we believe everybody will be that had a part in this we are talking about cc sd, fire department. Epa will sit down to talk about what works, what could have been done better in case this were on ever happen in the futureful reporting lime kels, news 3ment maria thank you. News 3 is keeping uptodate
Might be distributed unequally to different schools. But state senator Michael Roberson says the School District shakeup sends a clear message to the rest of the country about nevada and how important education is. Were 50th or 59th. How much worse 49th . How much worse can we get . We have to make dramatic change to improve. No one finds it acceptable we are at the bottom when it comes to k12 education in this state and Southern Nevada. We will not tolerate it any longer and were going to improve. Reporter the clark county School District can now get to work putting in place all the measures they have to get this reorganization underway including a lot of training, a lot of the staff throughout the different schools, and those changes will go into effect by next school year. Reporting live im nathan oneal, news 3. Reed a lot of parents wondering how this will impact their kids. Clark county superintendent pat course cow ki is speaking skorkowsky after a mercury spill high school. Clas
Ambulance. The woman was not. We spoke to a different person who told us down the street. She was also hit by this same red car. And that car then fled the scene. The car in the pole is the one that hit me, he took off, headed the oposite direction, hit this poor car over here and this is where he ended up. Right now we dont know who was in the silver car that was also involved here or what their condition is. Closed captioning today Johnson Junior High School students didnt report to class again as decontamination crews tried to make sure the building is mercuryfree. But a few dozen students and their parents did show up to school to drop off bags of clothes, shoes. Anything that could have been contaminated. This is day three of the school saga. You may remember on wednesday, hazmat crews locked down the school to screen each student for mercury contamination. The last of the students were released around five am thursday morning. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle has been listening to par
President obama placed a wreath and addressed the crowd. The country. They remain in our hearts today. And shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 crashed into a field was not forgotten. In new york the Freedom Tower now stands where the twin towers once did a monument to resilience. And the memories of the lives lost. In new york, im karin caifa. The september eleventh attacks are the most devastating foreign attack on a since d pea the terrorsts killed nearly threethousand people and injured more than sixthousand. 265 people were on the four planes hijacked by the terrorists. More than 26hundred people died in the World Trade Center and surrounding area. And more than 100 people died in the pentagon. These numbers do not include the 19 terrorists responsible for the attacks. The Freedom Tower now stands right next to where the twin towers once stood. Its taller than both of the orginal buildings. Its also know as the oneWorld Trade Center and shares the name with the north tower of