JOHN ROGERS REPORTING LIVE
FOR US.
THANK YOU JOHN.
AND NOW, WE HAVE AN 8 ON
YOUR SIDE ALERT.
FOR WEEKS PARENTS WHOSE
CHILDREN ATTEND PLATO ACADEMY
IN LARGO HAVE COMPLAINED OF
MOLD ISSUES AT THE CAMPUS, BUT
THE SCHOOL'S FOUNDER AND CEO
STANDS BY HIS WORD THAT THE
SCHOOL IS SAFE.
8 ON YOUR SIDE BROKE THIS STORY
WEEKS AGO.
AROUND RIGHT NOW, ANOTHER
MEETING WITH PARENTS, SCHOOL
LEADERS AND AIR INSPECTORS IS
GETTING UNDERWAY,
NEWSCHANNEL8'S JAMEL LANEE IS
LIVE OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY WHERE
THE MEETING IS HAPPENING.
AND JAMEL, YOU TRACKED DOWN THE
CEO TODAY.
WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY?
Reporter: WELL, STACIE, WE
WENT LOOKING FOR HIM.
HE SAID THE INSPECTION COMPANY
FOUND MOLD ON THE LARGO CAMPUS.
TONIGHT, PURE AIR CONTROL WILL
FACE THE FURY OF PARENTS
COMPLAINING ABOUT MOLD AT THE
LARGO CAMPUS.
PURE AIR WAS PICKED BY THE
SCHOOL'S BOARD TO CONDUCT THE
INSPECTION.
THE FOUNDER BROKE A PROMISE HE
MADE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
YOU CAN GO OUT.
GET YOUR OWN REPORTS FOR THE
COMPANY.
INDEPENDENTLY.
AND I WILL PAY FOR IT
PERSONALLY.
YOU PROMISED US MOLD
INSPECTIONS.
NOT AIR QUALITY TESTS.
MOLD INSPECTIONS FROM A COMPANY
OF OUR CHOICE BY A PARENT OR
SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE ACADEMY
REPRESENTATION AND WE WERE
DENIED ACCESS.
Reporter: A REPORT FROM PURE
AIR STATES THAT THERE WERE NO
IMMINENT HEALTH CONCERNS.
WE TRIED CALLING THE CEO TO GET
ANSWERS.
AFTER THE CALLS WERE NOT
RETURNED WE FOUND HIM IN A
RESTAURANT PARKING LOT HEADED
TO LUNCH.
MR. CRISDOPOLIS, WE HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH YOU.
YOU ARE PROMISING THE PARENTS
THEY CAN HIRE A COMPANY OF
THEIR CHOICE.
WHAT I'M PROMISING IS I WANT
THE PARENTS TO LISTEN TO THE
RESULT TO NIGHT.
AND AFTER TONIGHT IF THEY
REQUEST ADDITIONAL TESTING WE
WILL LISTEN TO THEM.
Reporter: RESULTS INCLUDING
DISCOVERY OF MOLD, BUT HE
CLAIMS IT WAS NOT HARMFUL.
SOME MOLD WAS FOUND IN THE
DUCT SYSTEM.
BUT IT WAS QUALIFIED THAT THE
MOLD EXISTS IN JUST ABOUT ALL
DUCT SYSTEMS.
NOW, INITIALLY, I SAID, THERE
IS NO MOLD.
AND, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AT THE
TIME, I BELIEVED THAT.
AND IF THEY ARE NOT SATISFIED I
WILL BE HAPPY TO PAY OUT OF MY
POCKET FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS.
Reporter: NOW, PURE AIR AT
THIS MEETING TONIGHT, THEY ARE
GOING TO DETAIL THEIR FINDINGS
TO PARENTS.
AND THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO TALK
ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE
REPAIRING THE AC SYSTEM.
STACIE?
JAMEL, WE ALSO LEARNED
THOUGH, THAT OSHA IS LOOKING
INTO THIS AS WELL RIGHT?
Reporter: THEY ARE.
A REPRESENTATIVE TELLS ME THEY
RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A
STAFF MEMBER.
THEY ALSO RECEIVED
DOCUMENTATION FROM THE SCHOOLS
