{"id":450939,"date":"2026-09-02T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450939\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:18:11","slug":"monarch-school-head-addresses-relocation-closure-amid-possible-mold-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450939\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch School head addresses relocation, closure amid possible mold concern"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2013 Students from the Monarch School in Barrio Logan have been temporarily relocated after possible mold concerns popped up on its campus.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSo as soon as we even thought that\u00a0there was something happening with our air quality,\u00a0we acted swiftly\u00a0and decisively to make sure that we are doing abundance of care to make\u00a0sure that our campus is safe for all of the people that we serve,\u201d said Tamara Craver, the president and CEO of Monarch School.<\/p>\n

Craver told ABC 10News the suspicion of mold popped up on Thursday night; the pivot to temporarily close the building and relocate the students to different schools was made on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe air quality testing is based around there was a suspicion of mold,\u201d Craver said. \u201cTesting was completed on Friday,\u00a0and we will get results back in the next couple of days, and so we can’t make any decisions until we have those expert decisions back, and then we’ll\u00a0go from there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Craver told ABC 10News that all of the services that they offer to their students and families here on campus haven\u2019t been interrupted with this temporary relocation as they await the test results with this possible mold concern.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Monarch students in kindergarten through 5th grade are temporarily taking classes at Perkins K-8, while students 6th grade through 12th grade are taking their classes at South County Regional Education Center in National City.<\/p>\n

Monarch School educates homeless students, and it also provides wraparound services for them and their families on the journey in and out of homelessness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are absolutely no programs being impacted by\u00a0the relocation of our students.\u00a0All therapy sessions are still being held,\u201d Craver said. \u201cAll support systems for housing,\u00a0food insecurity,\u00a0housing insecurity,\u00a0anything that our families and students need,\u00a0we have met every single need of our parents\u00a0and our families and our students,\u00a0so nothing is being impacted on the services that we’re providing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Craver said the school\u2019s been in constant communication with the San Diego County Office of Education during the temporary relocation of the students this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She added she isn\u2019t able to say how long the closure will last at this time since they have to wait for the test results and the following recommendations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s very upsetting that we’re in this position because,\u00a0you know,\u00a0we don’t want anything to happen to our students or our families,\u00a0and this is a safe space,\u201d Craver said. \u201cWe want to have everything here under one roof for them,\u00a0so it is of utmost importance that we get this done swiftly and safely.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2013 Students from the Monarch School in Barrio Logan have been temporarily relocated after possible…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[53277,178277,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-450939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-monarch-school","tag-monarch-school-mold","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}