Jack Elementary School was located in Portland, Maine. Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County. Jack Elementary was Portland's largest school until the time of its closure. The school made headlines when 100% of the teachers, administrators and other employees of the school reported symptoms related to mold poisoning from Stachybotrys chartarum. Stachybotrys chartarum (obsolete Stachybotrys alternans and Stachybotrys atra) is a greenish-black Mold that is The mold can cause symptoms that are flu-like down up to pulmonary hemorrhage.
The school was closed in 2001 and then later torn down as a result of the mold contamination. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Students from the school were reassigned to three other schools within the city. In place of Jack Elementary School, a new school is now being built named Portland's East End Community School. As of September 2005, construction was approximately 55% complete with a projected cost of $9. 2 million and is on schedule to be complete by Spring 2006.
In its prime, the school was an impressive building. There were huge hallways with massive solid wood doors opening into large-size classrooms with high ceilings. The Playground behind the school was built in the late 80's by a cooperative effort involving contractors, school faculty and students, as well as members of the community who brought their own tools and donated their time. The new playground was said to be the largest and most modern playground in the city school system when it was finished.
References
- Quimby, Beth. Colorful construction of Portland's new school on schedule, Portland Press Herald. August 30, 2005.
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