51 Harlem Schools Have Ventilation Problems, Report Shows

Harlem NY

26 August, 2020

6:19 PM

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HARLEM, NY — As ventilation inspectors begin visiting 1,700 New York City public schools to determine whether their facilities are safe enough to allow students to return to class next month, a new report shows that more than 1,000 of the city's schools have documented ventilation problems. The report, published Wednesday by the education news site Chalkbeat, compiled inspection records of school buildings across the city between fall 2018 through summer 2019. The report found that at least 1,030 of them had problems with either the air supply system — which brings fresh air inside the building — or the exhaust system, which brings stale air outside. In Harlem, at least 51 schools had at least one deficiency in their ventilation systems, according to the inspection reports. Another round of inspections was conducted this summer but has not been released publicly. (Read the full list below). Good ventilation lowers the risk of transmitting the coronavirus through the air, and Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that inspectors had already been deployed, checking every classroom in every school to ensure that windows can open and the supply and exhaust fans are working properly before students return Sept. 10. But the new report shows the immense scale of the problem, and backs up claims by some teachers and principals that their school buildings were poorly ventilated and ill-equipped to welcome back students during the pandemic. Harlem K-12 schools with ventilation problems: A. Philip Randolph Campus High School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report The Bilingual Bicultural School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report Central Park East High School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report Central Park East I (I.S. 13) Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report Central Park East II (P.S. 50) Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Columbia Secondary School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 3Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Harlem Link Charter School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Harlem Village Academy East Charter School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Harlem Village Academy West Charter School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report James Weldon Johnson Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report KIPP STAR College Prep Charter School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 3Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report MS 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report NYC Autism Charter School East Harlem Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Park East High School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report PS 102 Jacques Cartier Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 108 Assemblyman Angelo Del Toro Educational Complex Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 123 Mahalia Jackson Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report PS 125 Ralph Bunche Exhaust fan deficiencies: 3Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report PS 129 John H. Finley Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 133 Fred R Moore Exhaust fan deficiencies: 0Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report PS 138 Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report PS 154 Harriet Tubman Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 155 William Paca Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 175 Henry H Garnet Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 180 Hugo Newman Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 194 Countee Cullen Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 28 Wright Brothers Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 30 Hernandez/Hughes Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report PS 46 Arthur Tappan Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 7 Samuel Stern Exhaust fan deficiencies: 0Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report PS 76 A. Philip Randolph Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 83 Luis Munoz Rivera Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report PS 92 Mary McLeod Bethune Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report PS 96 Joseph Lanzetta Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Renaissance Charter High School for Innovation Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Renaissance School of the Arts Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report River East Elementary Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report St. HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1 Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 Exhaust fan deficiencies: 2Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5 Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report The Lexington Academy Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 1Report Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: 0Report Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts Exhaust fan deficiencies: 1Supply fan deficiencies: School does not have a supply fan system.Report Read more and view Chalkbeat's searchable database here. Patch reporter Gus Saltonstall contributed to this report.