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
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Did the mercury get into the building and if it was a student, how did the student get it . All of this is still under investigation. We are a we are trying to put puzzle pieces together. Reporter answering questions about the contamination. Do you feel comfortable opening the school not knowing where the mercury came from . We are comfortable about opening the school. Theres been efforts to remediate the building. Epa has been he contractor. Reporter parents are now having their homes checked by the epa. They tested 80 the one family forced to move out. By and large, most of the houses are safe. Reporter today, the priority is getting students back in class. We can verify that this school is ready. I walked the gym, as i said before. Its ready. Theres been a lot of work to remediate and clear the facility the district took it very seriously. We reacted proactively and will continue to do so. Reporter the family that was told to move out of their home is hopefully temporary. The e will
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