Pine Bush Elementary School

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name = Pine Bush Elementary School


image caption = Main school entrance in 2007
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type = Public
district = Pine Bush Central School District
grades = K-5
principal = Steve Fisch
city = Pine Bush
state = New York
country = USA
campus type = Suburban
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enrollment = 811PDFlink| [https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-rc/2006/AOR-2006-440401060009.pdf New York State School Report Card, Accountability and Overview Information 2006-07, Pine Bush Elementary School] |509 KiB , retrieved August 31, 2007.]
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homepage = [http://www.pinebushschools.org Pine Bush Central Schools]

Pine Bush Elementary School is one of four operated by the Pine Bush Central School District in Orange County, New York, USA. It is located a short distance off NY 302 on Ulsterville Road south of Pine Bush, not far from Pine Bush High School.

It educates children in kindergarten through fifth grade from not only Pine Bush but Thompson Ridge, Bullville, Circleville and the adjoining portions of Sullivan and Ulster counties. Along with E. J. Russell, the school has sent teams to the international Odyssey of the Mind finals.cite news |first=Steve |last=Israel |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Pine Bush to the world |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/NEWS/705200328/-1/COMM01 |work=What I've Learned |publisher=Times-Herald Record |date=May 20, 2007 |accessdate=2007-08-31 ]

Completed in 1991 [http://www.americasschoolhouse.com/designbook/thomasgroup/pinebush/pinebush1.htm] , PBE was constructed on land which is considered by locals to be swampy ground, and has regularly experienced indoor air quality problems of mysterious origin. Over the years, numerous parents and teachers have accused the facility of suffering from sick building syndrome.

During most of 2006/07 school year, the kindergarten wing at PBE was evacuated due to deadly stachybotrys black mold, while these classrooms underwent total interior renovation. cite news |first=Steve |last=Israel |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Pine Bush board takes heat over fumes and mold |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/NEWS/610120315/-1/NEWS |work= |publisher=Times-Herald Record |date= [Oct 12] , 2006 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ] After work was completed, the kindergarten wing was declared safe and re-opened in Sept. 2007. However, parents continue to complain that their children have been getting sick frequently, for extended periods, suffering symptoms consistent with toxic mold poisoning. In late 2007, parents launched a website, [http://www.fungusbusters.org fungusbusters.org] , dedicated to exposing the school's 17-year history of indoor air quality health problems, scanning and posting stacks of hard-to-find public records detailing this issue.

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External links

[http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org Center for School Mold Help]