{"id":381473,"date":"2026-08-26T09:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381473\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:26:15","slug":"jacksonville-elementary-closes-for-additional-day-due-to-mold-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381473\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Elementary closes for additional day due to mold issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 Jacksonville Elementary School students and staff will remain temporarily relocated to Jacksonville High School for an additional day as the district awaits final air-quality testing results and repairs to part of the school&#8217;s ventilation system.<\/p>\n<p>District leaders said Monday they spoke with EMTEC consultants around 2 p.m. but had not yet received the final air-quality report. While the report could arrive later Monday, officials said they wanted to give families and staff enough time to make arrangements for transportation, child care and work schedules.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Jacksonville Elementary students and staff will remain at Jacksonville High School on Wednesday, Aug. 26.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/local\/jacksonville-elementary-closed-through-sunday-after-elevated-mold-found-in-three-areas-investigation-humidity-cleaning-testing-safe-learning-environments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacksonville Elementary closed through Sunday after elevated mold found in three areas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The district is also waiting for replacement parts for the school&#8217;s Dedicated Outdoor Air System, or DOAS, which is part of the building&#8217;s HVAC system. The system brings fresh outdoor air into the school while helping control humidity and maintain ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>The replacement parts are expected to arrive Tuesday and include repairs to three rooftop units, including reheat hub assemblies, a damper actuator and a leak check.<\/p>\n<p>District officials said the school&#8217;s primary heating and cooling systems can regulate the building&#8217;s temperature, but they do not want to fully occupy the school until the final air-quality report is received and the DOAS is operating as intended.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance workers, contractors and consultants will continue working on the repairs and testing. The district said it will provide another update once it receives the final air-quality report and has more information about the repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the decision to extend the temporary relocation was made with the health, safety and learning environment of students and staff in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 Jacksonville Elementary School students and staff will remain temporarily relocated to Jacksonville High School&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-381473","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\/381473","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=381473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}