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Batavia Schools Detect Legionella Bacteria Traces in 3 Buildings
This includes the high school and two elementary schools. Here are more details beyond the original Messenger post.
Three Batavia public schools have traces of Legionella bacteria in them, district officials announced this afternoon. The schools with traces are: The district received the report about the bacteria at 8:30 a.m. this morning, Batavia Superintendent Jack Barshinger said in a message to Batavia Patch. Legionella bacteria are commonly found in water and water fixtures. In very rare circumstances, these bacteria may cause Legionnaires’ disease in people with compromised immune systems. "We have turned off water to a bathroom or a shower room at each school," Barshinger said. None of the Legionella bacteria traces were located within the Early Childhood Center at Alice Gustafson, or in the water they would consume, he said. The center serves …
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Kurt Wehrmeister
11:57 am on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
I worked P.A. for all but two, I think of Jim's 27 annual visits for Vikings-vs.-Bulldogs in the Geneva gym. (The very first one, he was playing, as a BHS junior.) A top-flight gentleman, first, last and always. Jim always made it a pleasure and honor to work those games. He richly deserved his Hall of Fame induction, probably a few years before it happened. I didn't know until reading this that … more ›