In a jaw-dropping moment of stupidity, teachers and administrators of the Buckeye Education School, asked 13 year old students to “volunteer” weekends to clear the school building of asbestos.
Students as young as 13 who attend the Buckeye Education School spent several weekends removing asbestos-filled materials without any protective gear at the former YWCA on Smith Road in Middleburg Heights, said Cleveland Commissioner of Air Quality George Baker, who also works with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
The Buckeye Education school is associated with Exclusive Brethren, a church that…
…expects its followers to reject the worlds of both sports and entertainment, which includes both radio and TV and probably the internet, which is explains why none of the kids looked up the word “asbestos” on the internet before committing themselves to this fun after school activity. Also, the building was going to be turned into a gym, which articulates poorly with a mission premised on rejecting sports, but we did not expect much of anything to make sense here so we are not surprised, really.
The authorities have video proof of the activity.
Darren Clink, who lives next to the former Y, used a camera to shoot video of the students and others taking debris out of the building using buckets and a small front-end loader. The video shows a large cloud of dust dispersing in the air after debris was dropped into a dumpster.
“The entire site was contaminated with asbestos and the people who were doing it were all children,” said Clink. “The kids were loaded with it.”
Since the story broke, the school has hired a “certified asbestos remediation company.”
