Some New Brunswick students literally dodged bat – Flying creatures – while their high school deals with an infestation.
More than two dozen winged animals have been found inside the walls of Tobique Valley High School with rock plaster, NB
The 7th year student, Teagan O’Neil-Gamblin, said that he had spotted a bat last Friday after a classmate was running to escape.
“I went to the bathroom just at the time she arrived, and I saw (the bat) in the corner of the corridor, and it was as upside down, almost asleep,” he said.
His mother, Crystal O’Neil, said that another parent had held his hand and reported that his child was “prosecuted on the corridor on Friday”.
“As a result, these Sonar machines were shot on Friday and it woke up the bats of hibernation,” said O’Neil.
“And that made them crazy. And then the building is closed all weekend.”
Word on Monday spread on bats.
“We went to the first period and an announcement came that we had to close our doors because the bats wander.” Said O’Neil-Gamblin.
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“We had to close our doors throughout the whole day.”
He said that at that time, the staff told students that 10 bats had been found.
Tuesday, the nerves were finished.
“Tuesday, I was really hoping that there was no school, but then there was school,” he said, “a teacher came here and told us that the problem had disappeared. And if we have questions to ask, then in a way to talk about it in the corridors and all that.”
His mother said that the students were invited to stay in classrooms again on Thursday, however, after another student was prosecuted by a bat.
“I am grateful that nobody is bitten. But I think it will only be a matter of time before someone is bitten,” she said.
“Bats are known for many, many diseases. And it’s just not something I want my children to touch or be involved in any way. ”
It is also concerned about air quality. Parents heard that there was Guano, or bat excrement, in the school attic.
“Ventilation is a huge and enormous concern that most parents have,” she said.
“They are concerned about the fact that these bats are awake – if they have diseases, if rabies are a problem, they fear that children are dead.”
In a press release sent by email, the Anglophone West school district confirmed that 28 bats have been deleted.
“Many have been found in areas far from the school population. We are committed to third-party companies to inspect and assess the presence of Guano and to provide reduction solutions to prevent future problems, “said spokesman Paul Macintosh.
Macintosh also said that the attic had no impact on school ventilation.
Meanwhile, the New Brunswick teachers’ federation told Global News that it “would remain vigilant in monitoring the school district response” and said that it was the employer’s obligation to protect the health and security of all.
O’Neil said she and other parents recommended that the school was closed and that the problem was well dealt with.
She has two children who frequent school and do not want to run out of lessons because the workload in high school is so demanding, but she is worried about their level of concentration and their health.
“No one learns math or English in the building when all this happens, so it is better to simply stop it, to clean it, then everyone’s mind will be comfortable and they can focus better in the building,” she said.
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