“Out of an abundance of caution, we will be moving band and choir students to Trent Arena for water and restroom facilities,” said Principal Karyn Denslow in an electronic newsletter to high school families in the Kettering City School District.
Firebird summer sports camps were moved to Van Buren Middle School for the rest of the week, Denslow said.
Solid Blend Technologies Inc. will be at the school Wednesday, Johnson said. The company will use “a hydrochlorination and disinfecting method with all water piping, building-wide.” Retesting is expected to start Wednesday evening.
Legionella bacteria also was reported Thursday at John F. Kennedy Elementary School, where Johnson said it was found in a couple classroom sinks.
The school housed a summer childcare program. Although the program does not use building classrooms, Johnson said they moved to the YMCA of Greater Dayton’s branch in Kettering for the final two weeks as a “precautionary measure.”
Results are not yet available from retesting conducted Saturday at the elementary school, he said.
There have been 17 cases of the disease — none involving youths — reported to Public Health — Dayton & Montgomery County this year as of Monday, said health department spokesman Dan Suffoletto.
Kettering began testing the water supply in school buildings July 12.
In June, initial testing of water samples at the fieldhouse at Fairmont High School’s Roush Stadium prompted the school district to close that facility when the Legionella bacteria was discovered. However, later tests came back negative and the fieldhouse has returned to full use.
Staff Writer Nick Blizzard contributed to this report.
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