{"id":377761,"date":"2026-08-21T19:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377761\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:44:39","slug":"jacksonville-elementary-will-remain-closed-monday-and-tuesday-after-mold-found-in-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377761\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Elementary will remain closed Monday and Tuesday after mold found in building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville Elementary School, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/19\/jacksonville-elementary-temporarily-closed-for-mold-cleaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">closed<\/a> since Wednesday for professional mold cleaning, will remain closed Monday, Aug. 24, and Tuesday, Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a staff member raised concerns about possible mold in the building, according to a district spokeswoman, prompting environmental testing. The tests revealed elevated mold levels in a classroom, the media center and the nurse&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>A message sent to families and staff Tuesday afternoon originally said that Jacksonville Elementary School would be closed Wednesday through Sunday and the district anticipated reopening the building on Monday. Students&#8217; absences have been excused during the closure, but families also have had the option of alternative instruction at a site on the Jacksonville High School campus.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 2400 Linda Lane, the $18.5-million elementary school opened less than five years ago, in January 2022. Its 2025-26 enrollment was 687, according to Arkansas Department of Education data.<\/p>\n<p>Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Elementary School, which has been closed since Wednesday for professional mold cleaning, will remain closed Monday, Aug.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-377761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}