The School District of Philadelphia says it shut down Building 21 last Wednesday after an inspector found asbestos to be exposed in the auditorium and stairways during a routine check.
"First of all, they need to fix all these old schools and reopen all the old schools that were shut down so the kids can have better schools and better environments," he said.She says she found out about the problem with her neighborhood school on the news.
Building 21, which was built in 1915, now joins a list of more than 2,200 asbestos abatement projects in the Philadelphia School District.The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers says old buildings like Building 21 have been neglected and the district needs to invest more money in caring for them.Meanwhile, workers were outside of Building 21 loading trucks Sunday morning with gear to be taken to Strawberry Mansion High School.
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