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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
After first receiving a “battlefield promotion,” Rappahannock’s new school superintendent, Dr. David Gangel, has now gotten his baptism by fire. Last week, Dr. Gangel was informed by a construction crew working on the RCHS expansion project that they had found what they feared was asbestos used as pipe insulation in the ceiling above the gym.
Dr. Gangel immediately ordered the entire gym sealed off, and a sample of the dust was sent to Richmond for chemical analysis. Late last week, the test results were returned to Rappahannock. The dust which fell from the small hole in the gym ceiling had tested negative. The nature of the dust remains unknown, he said, pending written test results. The telephone call which informed him of the result said only that the dust was not asbestos.
However, two other samples from pipe joints else?,* - where in the building tested positive for the carcinogenic substance. Dr. Gangel said one was in a hallway outside the French room, the other in the ceiling above the teachers’ lounge. He said that the joint in the hallway had been sealed with polyethelene tape and painted with a clear acrylic sealer. The joint above the teachers’ lounge, which was insulated with a compound containing about 10 percent asbestos, was painted with the sealer.
The superintendent said that he had spoken with the state Air Quality Control Board “on both a regional and state level,” and those experts had assured him that the county’s precautions were appropriate and the encapsulation was a satisfactory solution to the problem.
In addition, Assistant Superintendent Robert Chappell said that he had checked with several private firms which specialize in dealing with asbestos-contami(See
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