Chapel Hill State School Asbestos
Thursday, 23 July 2009 15:46
I was horrified to learn that terribly damaged and deteriorating asbestos flooring in classrooms and the administration block at Chapel Hill State School had been reported in 2007.
I was further horrified to learn that the only response from the Govt was to send two guys from Building Services out ‘equipped’ with a roll of tape to fix the problem.
The asbestos is raised at the edges, full of holes and shows evidence of damage from moving furniture. I exposed this situation in my capacity as Shadow Minister for Education & Training in an Estimates Committee hearing.
Under pressure, the Minister agreed to remove the asbestos in the September school holidays.
Better late than never.
I am pleased to have forced some action BUT it should not be necessary to embarrass the Govt into action just to get our classrooms made safe.