In 2009 and 2010, the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District did a polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) cleanup of Malibu High School overseen by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.[2] During a 2011 construction project on the Malibu Middle and High Schools and Juan Cabrillo Elementary School, contractors discovered soils were contaminated with PCBs and organochlorine pesticides like chlordane and DDT and presented “an unacceptable health risk”.[3]
In February 2014, PEER attorneys asked the school district to assess the Malibu High School campus.[6] In July 2014, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrote that Malibu High school had never been a military site, despite published reports and interviews with long-time residents present during those years that Malibu did serve as a World War II military training center.[6] The school district hired an environmental firm named Environ, whose initial clean up plan was criticized for allowing elevated PCB levels to remain inside classrooms for 15 years or more, for not testing caulk in all rooms built prior to 1979 and for air quality monitoring of only one year. In April 2014, the EPA rejected the clean up plan. In July 2014, Environ released a second PCB clean up plan. Two weeks later PEER published PCB test results of June 2014 caulking and dirt samples from school rooms, not previously tested by the District, "at thousands of times the levels previously released to the public".[7]
In March 2015, parents and teachers filed a lawsuit[4] to have all contaminated caulk removed. PEER estimated that "probably 80 rooms in the district have contaminated caulk, beyond what was first tested".[8]
^Simpson, David Mark (November 22, 2013). "PCB Levels at Malibu High Trigger EPA Involvement". The Malibu Times. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
^David Mark Simpson and Melissa Caskey (January 22, 2014). "New Firm to Handle Malibu High PCB Removal". Malibu Times. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
^ abStaff (March 23, 2015). "Citizen's Lawsuit Alleges PCB Contamination In Malibu Classrooms". Santa Monica Mirror. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^David Mark Simpson; Melissa Caskey (January 22, 2014). "New Firm to Handle Malibu High PCB Removal". The Malibu Times. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
^ abSagona, Nancy (July 17, 2014). "Feds Say Malibu High Not A Former Military Site". The Malibu Times. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
^. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. July 17, 2014. Archived from the original (press release) on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
^"Local Lawsuit Demands Malibu Schools Remove Contaminated Caulk". CBS Local Media. CNS Radio inc. March 23, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
^Austin, Paige. "School District Seeks Charges Against Malibu Mom Who Tested Classrooms for Carcinogens" (). Malibu Patch. November 4, 2015. Retrieved on November 6, 2015.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District SMMUSD is a school district located in Santa Monica California The district serves the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu It has ten elementary schools two middle schools three high schools an adult high school and an alternative school Santa Monica Malibu Unified School DistrictAddress1717 4th St Santa Monica California 90401 United StatesCoordinates34 01 20 N 118 28 44 W 34 02222 N 118 47889 W 34 02222 118 47889District informationSuperintendentDr Antonio SheltonNCES District ID0635700 1 Students and staffStudents9 129 2021 2022 1 Other informationWebsitesmmusd org Contents 1 History 2 Environmental problems 3 Schools 4 References 5 External linksHistory editUntil the 1980s students from Malibu were required to bus a long distance into Santa Monica for grades 10 12 but the former junior high school there has since become Malibu High School citation needed Environmental problems editIn 2009 and 2010 the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District did a polychlorinated biphenyls PCB cleanup of Malibu High School overseen by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control 2 During a 2011 construction project on the Malibu Middle and High Schools and Juan Cabrillo Elementary School contractors discovered soils were contaminated with PCBs and organochlorine pesticides like chlordane and DDT and presented an unacceptable health risk 3 In October 2013 20 teachers jointly complained about health problems including thyroid cancer 4 A senior United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA employee recommended that teachers consult Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility PEER for help 5 In February 2014 PEER attorneys asked the school district to assess the Malibu High School campus 6 In July 2014 the U S Army Corps of Engineers wrote that Malibu High school had never been a military site despite published reports and interviews with long time residents present during those years that Malibu did serve as a World War II military training center 6 The school district hired an environmental firm named Environ whose initial clean up plan was criticized for allowing elevated PCB levels to remain inside classrooms for 15 years or more for not testing caulk in all rooms built prior to 1979 and for air quality monitoring of only one year In April 2014 the EPA rejected the clean up plan In July 2014 Environ released a second PCB clean up plan Two weeks later PEER published PCB test results of June 2014 caulking and dirt samples from school rooms not previously tested by the District at thousands of times the levels previously released to the public 7 In March 2015 parents and teachers filed a lawsuit 4 to have all contaminated caulk removed PEER estimated that probably 80 rooms in the district have contaminated caulk beyond what was first tested 8 The district asked the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department to press charges against a parent who took samples from Malibu High to be tested for contamination 9 Schools editElementary schools Malibu Elementary School Malibu Edison Language Academy Santa Monica Franklin Elementary School Santa Monica Grant Elementary School Santa Monica McKinley Elementary School Santa Monica John Muir Elementary School Santa Monica Will Rogers Elementary School Santa Monica Roosevelt Elementary School Santa Monica Webster Elementary School Malibu nbsp Franklin Elementary School nbsp McKinley Elementary School nbsp Will Rogers Elementary School nbsp Roosevelt Elementary School Middle schools John Adams Middle School aka JAMS Santa Monica Lincoln Middle School aka LMS Santa Monica Malibu Middle School Malibu nbsp John Adams Middle School High Schools Olympic High School Santa Monica Malibu High School Malibu Santa Monica High School aka SaMoHi Santa Monica nbsp Santa Monica High School K 8 schools Santa Monica Alternative School House aka SMASH Santa Monica References edit a b Search for Public School Districts District Detail for Santa Monica Malibu Unified National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences Retrieved October 22 2021 Simpson David Mark November 22 2013 PCB Levels at Malibu High Trigger EPA Involvement The Malibu Times Retrieved June 17 2015 David Mark Simpson and Melissa Caskey January 22 2014 New Firm to Handle Malibu High PCB Removal Malibu Times Retrieved June 17 2015 a b Staff March 23 2015 Citizen s Lawsuit Alleges PCB Contamination In Malibu Classrooms Santa Monica Mirror Retrieved October 30 2015 David Mark Simpson Melissa Caskey January 22 2014 New Firm to Handle Malibu High PCB Removal The Malibu Times Retrieved June 17 2015 a b Sagona Nancy July 17 2014 Feds Say Malibu High Not A Former Military Site The Malibu Times Retrieved July 26 2014 Malibu school highly contaminated with toxic PCBs Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility July 17 2014 Archived from the original press release on June 17 2015 Retrieved June 17 2015 Local Lawsuit Demands Malibu Schools Remove Contaminated Caulk CBS Local Media CNS Radio inc March 23 2015 Retrieved June 18 2015 Austin Paige School District Seeks Charges Against Malibu Mom Who Tested Classrooms for Carcinogens Archive Malibu Patch November 4 2015 Retrieved on November 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