U.S. secretary of education visits Vermont schools, praises programs in place
He plans to take ideas from Vermont back to Washington
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He plans to take ideas from Vermont back to Washington
A sign at Burlington High School Shortly after Burlington High School closed last September because of high levels of airborne toxic chemicals in its tech center building, district Superintendent Tom Flanagan got what he thought was encouraging news. Further testing in the other five high school buildings found polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) levels between one and 300 nanograms per cubic meter, with an average of 98 nanograms — still above Vermont's screening level of 15 nanograms per cubic meter but significantly below the U.S. Environmental Pr...