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What the District's Students Breathe  At Walker-Jones Elementary School, about a block from where the D.C. Board of Education meets, irritants such as pigeon and rodent droppings and mold fouled the air so much that earlier this school year the principal and others took to wearing face masks to protect their health. • Photos: D.C.'s Troubled Schools • Forum: Talk About D.C. Schools • Full Report: School Pictures SCHOOL PICTURES : Patterson Elementary Newer Building, Brighter Attitude D.C. fifth-grader Patrice Young doesn't need a research study to illustrate the contrast between going to school in a dim and dirty building and in a well-lighted, clean one. She knows from experience. SCHOOL PICTURES : Shepherd Elementary School Failing Windows Offer a Sorry View Difficulties that D.C. schools have encountered while trying to get windows replaced underscores a key problem with facilities management, activists say. School Pictures: Crisis at Coolidge At Coolidge, the Flaws Run Deep Calvin Coolidge still has asbestos in its walls, and the electrical wiring is original and blows out lightbulbs as fast as janitors can put them in. One School Tells a System's Torment Clifford B. Janey has seen some seriously degraded school buildings around the country, he said, but a tour of D.C.'s Bruce-Monroe Elementary School still gave him a shock. © 2002-2005 The Washington Post Company |
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