Mansikkala school and Imatra joint high school moved to other premises due to bad indoor air

An indoor air survey was conducted for the staff and students of Mansikkala middle school and high school during February 2016. The final report of the survey has not been completed yet, preliminary results have been obtained from the survey. Based on the preliminary data provided by indoor air scientist Tuula Putus, indoor air disadvantages are generally experienced in the property. Symptoms, infectious diseases and absenteeism linked to indoor air are higher than usual among those who responded to the survey.

The indoor air working group has discussed preliminary results at its meeting on March 3.3.2016, 2016 and made a unanimous decision to close the school. School attendance at the property ends as soon as it is possible to organize it elsewhere. At the beginning of the autumn semester 17.3.2016 at the latest, the school work of both middle school and high school will take place in emergency rooms. The evacuation space survey has been started immediately by Imatra YH Rakennuttatije. The escape room plan and schedule will be reviewed at the next meeting of the indoor air working group on March XNUMX, XNUMX.

Some of the classrooms of the Mansikkala property will be closed as soon as functions can be placed in other classrooms of the property. Air purifiers will be delivered to Mansikkala on Tuesday, March 8.3.2016, XNUMX. During the spring, it is especially important to have outdoor breaks. Likewise, care must be taken to ventilate classrooms and corridors.

Indoor air researcher Tuula Putus will tell the staff and guardians about the final report of the indoor air survey on March 31.3.2016, 18. The guardians' information session will be held in the Mansikkala school gymnasium at from XNUMX.

On Monday, March 7.3.2016, 14.15, at 18.3.2016:XNUMX p.m., an information conference was organized for the middle school and high school staff, where the results of the report were reviewed at a general level, as well as the currently known follow-up measures. After the briefing, a notice was sent to guardians via Wilma and a media release. The next wilma release and media release will be delivered by March XNUMX, XNUMX at the latest.

If necessary, you can inquire about further measures from Arja Kujala, the welfare coordinator of the city of Imatra, arja.kujalaimatra.fi (arja[dot]kujala[at]imatra[dot]fi), tel. 020 617 2227 and from Jyri Honkasalo, technical manager of Imatra YH-Rakennuttaja jyri.honkasaloimatran-yh.fi (jyri[dot]honkasalo[at]imatran-yh[dot]fi), phone 05 235 2857. For questions related to the well-being of students, you can contact environmental engineer Jorma Korttien, jorma. cardimatra.fi (jorma[dot]korttinen[at]imatra[dot]fi), p. 020 617 4331. He is responsible for the supervision of kindergarten and school apartments.